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Iron Wells Arizona Map

Explore Iron Wells, 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 Iron Wells, Arizona

How to Use This Iron Wells, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Iron Wells, 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 Iron Wells.

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	Iron Wells
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Yavapai County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	35.098624
Longitude	-112.881294
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	86337, 86512
Area Code	928
County Seat	Prescott

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About Iron Wells, Arizona

Iron Wells is a locality in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Iron Wells is located at 35.0986°N, 112.8813°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 86337, 86512.

Iron Wells emerges from the high-desert plateau as a study in stark, sun-bleached geometry where the soil holds the mineral memory of a thousand dry seasons. It lies 33.8 miles northwest of Chino Valley, AZ (from Chino Valley, AZ: bearing 314°T), and is situated 34.2 miles northwest of Williamson. The landscape around Iron Wells is defined by the expansive, open reach of Prescott National Forest, which envelopes the perimeter in a silence broken only by the sharp, rhythmic snap of juniper twigs underfoot. Three miles to the east, the earth drops away into the shadowed fissures of Road Canyon, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Jolly Place Peak anchors the horizon against a sky that often turns the bruised violet of an impending monsoon. Here, the light at dusk does not merely fade; it pools like liquid copper across the flat, scrub-dotted plains, highlighting the subtle, alkaline crusts that give the ground its pale, oxidized pallor.

Iron Wells maintains a quiet, industrial pulse that has long been tethered to the rugged demands of the interior terrain. The legacy of the land is whispered through the proximity of the Old Military Trail, a route that once channeled the ambition of earlier travelers through the basin toward the distant, serpentine path of Big Chino Wash. Economic life here remains modest and resilient, favoring the quiet endurance of ranching and the maintenance of local infrastructure over the clamor of rapid development. Residents often look toward the Chino Valley Ranger District for the stewardship of the surrounding woodland, acknowledging that the rhythm of Iron Wells is set by the slow, seasonal migration of heat and the persistent, unyielding nature of the high-desert scrub.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prescott National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 252° W · 1.3M acres
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 360° N
Juniper Mesa Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.4 mi, 174° S · 7,566 acres
Apache Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.6 mi, 181° S · 5,633 acres
Burma Shave sign (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 010° N
Bruma Shave Signs (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 030° NE
Mater (Cars Pixar) (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 001° N
Seligman (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 359° N
Burro Creek Riparian And Cultural Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.2 mi, 209° SW
Kaibab National Forest (National Forest) — 23.8 mi, 052° NE · 1.5M acres
Ash Fork Arizona Primary Transportation Hub (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 069° E
Desoto's Salon (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 069° E
Murals Route 66 of Williams (Public Artwork) — 40.5 mi, 075° E
Heritage Park Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 41.7 mi, 144° SE
Phippen Museum of Western Art (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 142° SE
Firefighters Memorial (Monument) — 43.3 mi, 152° SE
Fort Whipple Museum (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 147° SE
Sharlot Hall Museum (Museum) — 44.9 mi, 149° SE
Granite Creek (Monument) — 44.9 mi, 149° SE
Weir Gallery (Gallery) — 45.0 mi, 149° SE
Joseph Robertson Gallery (Gallery) — 45.0 mi, 149° SE
Ian Russell Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 45.0 mi, 149° SE
Western Heritage Center (Museum) — 45.1 mi, 149° SE
Museum of Indigenous People (Museum) — 45.2 mi, 148° SE
Grand Canyon Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 53.4 mi, 328° NW · 1.1M acres
Grand Canyon National Park (National Park) — 53.5 mi, 328° NW · 1.2M acres
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 59.1 mi, 329° NW · 1.3M acres
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (National Monument) — 59.1 mi, 329° NW · 1.0M acres
Agua Fria National Monument (National Monument) — 68.1 mi, 139° SE · 72k acres

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