Moccasin Arizona Map

About Moccasin, Arizona

Moccasin is a locality in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 53. The population density is 26.7 people per km². Moccasin is located at 36.9094°N, 112.7588°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86022.

Moccasin occupies a quiet expanse defined by the intermittent flow of the South Moccasin Wash, which carves a shallow, dusty path through the arid floor of The Hollow. It lies 34.6 miles east-southeast of Hurricane, UT (from Hurricane, UT: bearing 122°T), and is situated 16.0 miles southwest of Kanab. The land here is characterized by a stark, pale brilliance, where the low-slung sun pulls long, sharp shadows across the dry scrub and clay-heavy earth. To the east, the Moccasin Mountains rise as a jagged, weathered silhouette against the sky, their stony crests catching the amber light of late afternoon. Air in this basin holds a dry, mineral clarity, vibrating occasionally with the heat that rises from the sagebrush, while the distant, cooling presence of Jackson Reservoir remains tucked away beyond the immediate horizon, a reminder of the preciousness of water in this expansive, sun-bleached terrain.

History in Moccasin is measured in the persistence of those who worked the soil and navigated the arid climate of The Hollow long before the formal designation of nearby Pipe Spring National Monument. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, with small-scale agriculture and the quiet labor of ranching providing a steady, unadorned livelihood for its inhabitants. Life moves at a deliberate pace, dictated more by the seasonal shift of shadows and the rare, sudden arrival of monsoon clouds than by the frantic demands of the modern world. There is a profound stillness to the geography, an enduring quality that suggests Moccasin exists not as a bustling center, but as a singular point of human endeavor held firmly within the vast, silent reach of the high desert.

About This Moccasin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moccasin, Arizona. Coordinates: 36.90943, -112.758816. 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 Moccasin includes the ZIP code (86022), telephone area code (928), county seat of Mohave County (Kingman), and school district assignment (Fredonia-Moccasin Unified 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.