Martinez Lake Arizona Map

About Martinez Lake, Arizona

Martinez Lake is a locality in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 23.8 people per km². Martinez Lake is located at 32.9742°N, 114.4620°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85365.

Martinez Lake exists as a vivid, riparian interruption in the arid sprawl of the lower Sonoran Desert. It lies 19.6 miles north-northeast of Yuma, AZ (from Yuma, AZ: bearing 29°T), and is situated 22.1 miles north of Fortuna Foothills. The Colorado River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape here, its heavy, silt-laden waters feeding the reeds and cattails that line the banks of the reservoir. To the east, the terrain rises into sun-bleached plains, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Little Picacho Peak anchors the horizon against a sky of uncompromising blue. The heat here possesses a physical weight, a shimmering intensity that softens the harsh lines of the desert floor and turns the late afternoon light into a deep, bruised gold that clings to the scrub brush and the water’s edge.

Human presence in Martinez Lake remains defined by the deliberate, quiet stewardship of State Trust Land, where the economy leans heavily into the seasonal rhythms of recreation and desert transit. Explorers Pass lies a few miles to the north, a reminder of the long history of movement through this region, while the Picacho Mills Historic Trail serves as a silent witness to the earlier, more grueling efforts to extract value from these dry hills. Life in Martinez Lake follows the slow, steady pulse of the Colorado River, indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world, favoring instead the persistence of those who understand the desert’s capacity for both stillness and sudden, violent vitality.

About This Martinez Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martinez Lake, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.974188, -114.461957. 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 Martinez Lake includes the ZIP code (85365), telephone area code (480), county seat of Yuma County (Yuma), and school district assignment (Yuma Elementary District).

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.