Explore Kino Springs, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kino Springs, 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 Kino Springs.
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 | Kino Springs |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Santa Cruz County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 31.363155 |
| Longitude | -110.810085 |
| Population | 166 |
| Density | 248.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 85621 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| County Seat | Nogales |
| School District | Santa Cruz Elementary District |
Kino Springs holds the quiet, parched grace of the high desert, where the land stretches into a vast, sun-bleached expanse defined by the resilience of ocotillo and the long, sharp shadows cast by distant, nameless ridges. It lies 7.5 miles east-northeast of Nogales, AZ (from Nogales, AZ: bearing 78°T), and is situated 12.3 miles southeast of Rio Rico. The landscape is dominated by an arid, open terrain that feels both ancient and indifferent, punctuated by the rugged, rocky descent of Sycamore Canyon just two miles to the west. Red Hill rises five miles away, a solitary, sun-drenched sentinel that marks the horizon line against the bruised violet of building monsoon clouds. The air here possesses a singular clarity, thinning under the heat until the distance seems to vibrate, and the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a pale, glowing gold that lingers long after the sun has dipped behind the earth.
Kino Springs exists as a testament to the enduring influence of the borderlands, occupying a space where the history of Spanish missionary expansion still echoes in the quiet dust of the plains. The Santa Cruz River, flowing just two miles away, serves as a narrow, life-sustaining artery through an otherwise thirsty region, feeding the vegetation that clings to its banks and supporting the modest agrarian pulse of the local economy. Much of the surrounding territory is subsumed into the Coronado National Forest, providing a protected, expansive backdrop that keeps the development of the region sparse and deliberate. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned patience, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern world, as if the land itself demands a slower, more considered way of being.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kino Springs, Arizona. Coordinates: 31.363155, -110.810085. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Kino Springs includes the ZIP code (85621), telephone area code (520), county seat of Santa Cruz County (Nogales), and school district assignment (Santa Cruz Elementary District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |