Meadview Arizona Map

About Meadview, Arizona

Meadview is a locality in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,420. The population density is 17.7 people per km². Meadview is located at 35.9532°N, 114.0789°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86444.

Meadview occupies a high-desert plateau where the persistent sun bleaches the earth into a palette of pale ochre and bone-white. It lies 51.4 miles north of New Kingman-Butler, AZ (from New Kingman-Butler, AZ: bearing 357°T), and is situated 51.1 miles east of Henderson. The air here holds a profound stillness, interrupted only by the sudden, percussive shift of wind moving through the creosote and the jagged silhouettes of distant, nameless ridges that frame the horizon. To the north, the landscape drops away into the rugged, shadowed depths of Grapevine Canyon, while the terrain closer to the dwellings remains dominated by the sparse, resilient scrub of the high desert. As evening descends, the light softens into a bruised violet, casting long, thin shadows from the occasional yucca across the cracked, thirsty soil, revealing the stark beauty of a land defined by its own immense, quiet isolation.

History in Meadview is written in the slow, deliberate pace of those who sought a sanctuary away from the crowded centers of the modern world. While the local economy remains modest and tethered to the rhythms of the land, the presence of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area provides a vital threshold for those drawn to the deep, still waters of Lake Mead just a short distance away. Travelers often pass through on their way toward the vast, open expanses, stopping where the arid heat softens near the ephemeral path of Grapevine Wash. Life here proceeds with a functional independence, far removed from the clamor of metropolitan life, as residents acknowledge the looming, watchful presence of Scanlon Hill standing sentinel over the quiet, dusty grid of their daily existence.

About This Meadview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meadview, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.953156, -114.078871. 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 Meadview includes the ZIP code (86444), telephone area code (928), county seat of Mohave County (Kingman), and school district assignment (Kingman Unified School 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.