Explore McNeal, 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 McNeal, 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 McNeal.
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 | McNeal |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Cochise County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 31.610078 |
| Longitude | -109.658267 |
| Population | 182 |
| Density | 18.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 85617 |
| Area Code | 520 |
| County Seat | Bisbee |
| School District | McNeal Elementary District |
McNeal occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the high desert floor stretches toward a horizon defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Chiricahua Mountains. It lies 19.2 miles north-northwest of Douglas, AZ (from Douglas, AZ: bearing 338°T), and is situated 18.5 miles northeast of Bisbee. The air here holds a profound stillness, punctuated only by the dry rasp of wind moving through creosote and the occasional shadow of a hawk circling above the scrubland. Three miles away, the landscape dips toward the seasonal passage of Leslie Creek, a ribbon of earth that awakens only when the summer rains bring a fleeting, muddy vitality to the parched soil. Further afield, the topography yields to the rugged depressions of Gila Monster Canyon, while the nearby waters of Homestead Tank offer a rare, reflective stillness in an otherwise arid basin. At the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, the rhythm of the land is marked by the seasonal arrival of migratory birds, their calls echoing across the flats as the light fades into a deep, bruised violet.
McNeal remains a landscape defined by the quiet tenacity of agricultural labor, where the heritage of homesteading persists in the layout of the fields and the weathered fences that divide the range. The economy draws its strength from the cycles of the earth, with local livelihoods tethered to the patience required for ranching and the cultivation of crops that thrive in the intense, golden clarity of the Arizona sun. Life in McNeal moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, stripped of the clamor found in more crowded corners of the world. Residents navigate a daily existence shaped by the changing seasons and the stark, uncompromising beauty of the plains, finding a sense of belonging in the broad, open spaces that refuse to be tamed. It is a place where the history of the frontier is not a relic but a living condition, visible in the dust raised by passing trucks and the way the evening sky seems to press down with an immense, quiet authority.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McNeal, Arizona. Coordinates: 31.610078, -109.658267. 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 McNeal includes the ZIP code (85617), telephone area code (520), county seat of Cochise County (Bisbee), and school district assignment (McNeal 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. |