Oak Springs Arizona Map

About Oak Springs, Arizona

Oak Springs is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 112.1 people per km². Oak Springs is located at 35.4756°N, 109.1276°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 86511.

Oak Springs emerges from the high, arid landscape as a quiet collection of structures defined by the stark clarity of the desert sun. It lies 22.0 miles west of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 261°T), and is situated 18.8 miles south of Fort Defiance. The terrain here is shaped by the subtle shifts of the earth, with the expansive Oak Spring Valley stretching three miles away to provide a sense of openness that humbles the eye. To the east, the rhythmic flow of Black Creek pulses just a single mile from the center, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian green that contrasts sharply against the dusty, sun-bleached plains. Eleven miles toward the horizon, the silhouette of Butterfly Butte rises as a solitary sentinel, its rugged form catching the violet hues of dusk long after the lower ground has slipped into shadow.

Oak Springs carries the weight of a frontier legacy, where the economy has long been tethered to the resilient nature of the land and the slow, deliberate pace of regional trade. Life here moves with the sun, governed by the seasonal arrival of monsoon thunderheads that gather over the distant landscape, bringing the scent of ozone and the promise of renewal to the parched soil. Residents often travel toward Hadden Park, sixteen miles distant, to find a reprieve in the preserved wild spaces that define the broader region. There is a peculiar, persistent beauty in how the inhabitants organize their days around the heat, finding a steady, unadorned grace in the way the light sharpens the edges of the horizon and settles over the quiet streets of Oak Springs.

About This Oak Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Springs, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.475577, -109.127593. 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 Oak Springs includes the ZIP code (86511), telephone area code (928), county seat of Apache County (St. Johns), and school district assignment (Window Rock 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.