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Houck Arizona Map

Explore Houck, Arizona, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Houck, Arizona

How to Use This Houck, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Houck, Arizona. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Arizona or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Houck.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Houck
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Apache County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	35.269308
Longitude	-109.22344
Population	886
Density	8.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	86506
Area Code	928
County Seat	St. Johns
School District	Sanders Unified District

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About Houck, Arizona

Houck is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 886. The population density is 8.1 people per km². Houck is located at 35.2693°N, 109.2234°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 86506.

Houck occupies a stretch of high-desert plateau where the horizon pulls wide and thin, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Black Creek. It lies 31.2 miles west-southwest of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 237°T), and is situated 24.8 miles northwest of Zuni Pueblo. The landscape here is characterized by an arid, expansive serenity, where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun dips behind the distant, jagged silhouette of Torrivio Ridge. Only a few miles away, the rugged, sun-bleached fissures of Box Canyon break the monotony of the plains, while the nearby State Trust Land offers a quiet expanse of scrub and sage. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular violet, transforming the dusty ground into a field of shifting shadows that seem to move with the cooling wind.

History in Houck remains etched into the quiet endurance of those who cultivate a life amidst the resilient, dry-land vegetation and sparse water sources. The local economy relies heavily on the rhythms of the land and the transit of the modern world, as the passage of time is marked here not by grand monuments, but by the slow, seasonal shifts in the quality of the air and the occasional movement toward Middle Tank. Life in Houck maintains a deliberate, unadorned pace, deeply connected to the cultural heritage of the surrounding Navajo Nation. It is a place of mile-deep silences, where the community persists with a quiet, grounded dignity, finding beauty in the stark, unvarnished reality of the high plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 239° SW
Arizona Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 058° NE
Yellowhorse Trading Post (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 057° NE
Arizona Boundary (Viewpoint) — 11.8 mi, 057° NE
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 054° NE
Wide Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 15.9 mi, 280° W
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 24.6 mi, 238° SW · 148k acres
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 124° SE
Hawikuh Pueblo Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 150° SE
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.0 mi, 255° W · 53k acres
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 28.2 mi, 018° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 019° N
Wind Biker (Public Artwork) — 32.4 mi, 057° NE
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 056° NE
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 056° NE
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 33.3 mi, 085° E · 1.6M acres
No Name Point (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 247° SW
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 34.8 mi, 059° NE
Hubbel Trading Post and Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 328° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 061° NE
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 39.6 mi, 064° NE
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 40.6 mi, 071° E
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 50.9 mi, 107° E · 1,040 acres
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 58.0 mi, 085° E
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 60.3 mi, 115° SE · 263k acres
Eagle Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 61.9 mi, 156° SE · 44k acres
El Malpais National Monument (National Monument) — 64.3 mi, 108° E · 109k acres
El Malpais Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 65.2 mi, 109° E · 98k acres
West Malpais Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 65.7 mi, 117° SE · 40k acres
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 75.1 mi, 194° S · 1.8M acres

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