Mountain View Ranches Arizona Map
Explore Mountain View Ranches, 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 Mountain View Ranches, Arizona
How to Use This Mountain View Ranches, Arizona Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain View Ranches, 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 Mountain View Ranches.
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 | Mountain View Ranches |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Coconino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 35.236039 |
| Longitude | -111.48182 |
| Population | 1,508 |
| Density | 118.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 86004 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | Flagstaff |
| School District | Flagstaff Unified District |
About Mountain View Ranches, Arizona
Mountain View Ranches is a locality in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,508. The population density is 118.4 people per km². Mountain View Ranches is located at 35.2360°N, 111.4818°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86004.Mountain View Ranches endures as a stark expanse of high-altitude plains where the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a sea of muted copper. It lies 9.9 miles east-northeast of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 75°T), and is situated 2.9 miles southeast of Doney Park. The landscape is defined by the proximity of the Coconino National Forest, which stretches across the horizon with a dense, persistent weight, while the nearby Wildcat Canyon cuts a jagged shadow into the earth. Just a mile away, the Rio de Flag carves a thin, seasonal path through the terrain, its presence marked more by the stubborn greenery of its banks than by the volume of its flow. Far off, the jagged silhouette of the Mogollon Rim anchors the southern skyline, a distant reminder of the immense scale of the geography that keeps the air here thin and sharp.
Mountain View Ranches holds a quiet history rooted in the slow, deliberate work of the high desert, where the local economy has long favored the resilience of small-scale land management over the frantic pace of urban expansion. Travelers seeking a different rhythm often find themselves wandering the Walnut Canyon Loop Trail, tracing the paths of those who moved through this territory centuries before the modern fences were set. The proximity to the Fort Valley Experimental Forest serves as a quiet center for regional study, grounding the daily life of the residents in the observation of the pines and the shifting patterns of the monsoon. Even when the clouds gather in heavy, violet thunderheads over the distant peaks, the rhythm of the day remains steady, governed by the cooling temperatures and the vast, unobstructed clarity of the desert sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Coconino National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 038° NE · 1.8M acres
- State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 270° W
- Arizona National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 2.0 mi, 203° SW · 415 acres
- Walnut Canyon Study Area (National) (Recreation Easement) — 2.5 mi, 214° SW
- Peaks View County Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 313° NW
- Picture Canyon Natural And Cultural Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 271° W
- Waterbird petroglyph site (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 267° W
- Petroglyph Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 266° W
- Walnut Canyon National Monument (National Monument) — 4.1 mi, 159° S · 2,965 acres
- Elden Pueblo (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 276° W
- Levitate Adventure Park (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 262° W
- Flagstaff, City Of, Watershed, Plo 2458 Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 285° W · 15k acres
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument (National Monument) — 8.3 mi, 357° N · 3,040 acres
- North Pole Experience (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 248° W
- Kachina Peaks Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.4 mi, 302° NW · 19k acres
- Flagstaff Buffalo (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 262° W
- Lava Flow Trail (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 347° N
- Flagstaff War Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 256° W
- Flagstaff Historical Monument (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 259° W
- Strawberry Crater Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.1 mi, 011° N · 10k acres
- 7 Wonders Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 253° W
- Slipher Rotunda Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 258° W
- Riordan Mansion (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 252° W
- Lowell Universe Theater (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 258° W
- Kaibab National Forest (National Forest) — 19.9 mi, 271° W · 1.5M acres
- Field House (Historic Ruins) — 20.8 mi, 012° N
- Sedona Heritage Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 213° SW
- Meteor Crater Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 118° SE
- The Deserio Gallery (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 212° SW
- Visions (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 212° SW
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About This Mountain View Ranches Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain View Ranches, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.236039, -111.48182. 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 Mountain View Ranches includes the ZIP code (86004), telephone area code (928), county seat of Coconino County (Flagstaff), and school district assignment (Flagstaff Unified 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. |
