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Martinez Lake Arizona Map

Explore Martinez Lake, 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 Martinez Lake, Arizona

How to Use This Martinez Lake, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Martinez Lake, 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 Martinez Lake.

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	Martinez Lake
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Yuma County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	32.974188
Longitude	-114.461957
Population	94
Density	23.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	85365
Area Code	480
County Seat	Yuma
School District	Yuma Elementary District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — locality lies within
Little Picacho Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.1 mi, 261° W · 39k acres
Imperial Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.1 mi, 297° NW · 16k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 213° SW
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.3 mi, 312° NW · 1,774 acres
Picacho State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 287° W
Picacho Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.6 mi, 279° W
River View (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 291° W
Upper Mill Site (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 292° W
Lower Mill (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 293° NW
Jail (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 291° W
1930's Colorado River Work Boat (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 291° W
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 290° W
Cobra Gunship Helicopter Display (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 159° S
Windmill Water Pump (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 291° W
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 090° E · 1.3M acres
Colorado River Access (State Recreation Area) — 15.9 mi, 298° NW
Indian Pass Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.7 mi, 277° W
Yuma Territory Live Steamers (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 207° SW
Bureau of Reclamation (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 209° SW
Army of the West Mormon Batallion Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.9 mi, 212° SW
Tank in cemetery; military memorial. (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 177° S
Cibola Raider (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 212° SW
Site of Camp Pilot Knob (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 228° SW
Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 44.7 mi, 350° N
Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 44.7 mi, 350° N
ICC museo UABC (Museum) — 61.6 mi, 250° W
Cinema Curto (Theatre) — 63.3 mi, 250° W
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 74.8 mi, 321° NW · 784k acres

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