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Mesquite Creek Arizona Map

Explore Mesquite Creek, 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 Mesquite Creek, Arizona

How to Use This Mesquite Creek, Arizona Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mesquite Creek, 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 Mesquite Creek.

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	Mesquite Creek
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Mohave County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	34.966669
Longitude	-114.568575
Population	403
Density	152.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	86440
Area Code	928
County Seat	Kingman
School District	Colorado River Union High School District

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About Mesquite Creek, Arizona

Mesquite Creek is a locality in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 403. The population density is 152.2 people per km². Mesquite Creek is located at 34.9667°N, 114.5686°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86440.

Mesquite Creek occupies a stretch of high-desert scrub where the ground is baked to the color of toasted clay and the air carries a dry, parched stillness. It lies 4.0 miles south-southeast of Fort Mohave, AZ (from Fort Mohave, AZ: bearing 163°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northeast of Needles. {}. The horizon is held steady by the distant, jagged silhouette of Boundary Cone, while the immediate landscape is defined by low, sun-bleached plains that shift color from pale ochre to deep violet as the afternoon sun begins its decline. During the monsoon months, the sky transforms into a bruised canvas of heavy, low-hanging thunderheads, though for most of the year, the earth remains stubbornly thirsty, punctuated only by the occasional waxy-leafed shrub or the skeletal reach of ocotillo.

Mesquite Creek exists as a quiet outpost near the banks of the Colorado River, drawing a sparse, hardy population that values the space afforded by the surrounding State Trust Land. The local economy persists through a deliberate, slow-moving rhythm, largely detached from the frantic pulse of the urban centers to the south. Life here is measured by the seasonal fluctuations of the nearby Spears Lake basin and the occasional traveler moving between the arid expanses, rather than by the clock. While the proximity of Lake Mohave provides a rare reservoir of blue against the pervasive tan of the desert, Mesquite Creek remains a place where the silence of the landscape asserts itself over human ambition, leaving residents to organize their days around the uncompromising heat and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the valley floor at dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oatman (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 273° W
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 051° NE
Fort Mohave Twins (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 323° NW
Bullhead Bajada Natural & Cultural Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.1 mi, 004° N
Tri-State Shooting Park (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 074° E
Dead Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 290° W · 54k acres
Von Schmidt State Boundary (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 302° NW
Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 268° W
Dead Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.3 mi, 270° W
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.2 mi, 165° S · 74k acres
National Old Trails (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 196° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 227° SW
Warm Springs Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 118° SE · 113k acres
Needles Regional Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 194° S
Big Bend of the Colorado State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 334° NW
Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 10.2 mi, 218° SW · 1.8M acres
Wildlife Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 10.5 mi, 334° NW
Canyon City Mill (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 076° E
Shootin' Gallery (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 069° E
Desert Dig-ins (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 069° E
Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 11.9 mi, 360° N
Pavilion Theater (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 358° N
Laughlin Stadium 9 Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 358° N
Don Laughlin's Classic Auto Exhibition Hall (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
Don Laughlin's Classic Car Collection - First Floor Showroom (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
Riverside Cinema 6-PLEX (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
Don's Celebrity Theatre (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 359° N
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 000° N · 1.3M acres
Historic Route 66 California Gateway (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 182° S
Cool Springs Stations Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 074° E

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