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Poston Arizona Map

Explore Poston, 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 Poston, Arizona

How to Use This Poston, Arizona Map

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

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	Poston
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	La Paz County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	33.990573
Longitude	-114.396342
Population	183
Density	51.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	85371
Area Code	480
County Seat	Parker
School District	Parker Unified School District

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About Poston, Arizona

Poston is a locality in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 51.8 people per km². Poston is located at 33.9906°N, 114.3963°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85371.

Poston sprawls across a sun-baked expanse of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation, where the desert floor stretches toward the horizon in shades of parched ochre and dust-muted sage. It lies 25.4 miles west of La Paz, AZ (from La Paz, AZ: bearing 268°T), and is situated 13.8 miles north of Colorado River Indian Reservation. The air here holds a heavy, dry stillness, broken only by the occasional agitation of heat shimmers rising from the cracked earth. To the west, the jagged silhouette of the Riverside Mountains rises against the sky, their stark ridges casting long, violet shadows as the day wanes. The landscape is defined by the flat, arid reach of Vidal Valley and the quiet presence of Main Drain, which carves a thin, life-giving line through the scrubland, while the stagnant, sun-warmed waters of Twelvemile Slough offer a subtle contrast to the surrounding desolation. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, illuminating the ocotillo that stand like skeletal sentinels across the plains.

Poston carries the weight of a complex history, marked by the remnants of the internment camp that once transformed this remote corner of the desert into a site of profound human endurance. Today, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of agriculture, with fields of alfalfa and cotton drawing sustenance from the irrigation networks that crisscross the arid basin. The nearby Riverside Mountains Wilderness Area serves as a rugged sanctuary, preserving a vast, untouched wilderness that feels entirely removed from the modern world. Life in Poston moves with a deliberate, measured pace, dictated by the relentless intensity of the sun and the seasonal cycles of the harvest. The cultural character of the region is deeply rooted in the stewardship of the land, where the memory of those who lived and labored here persists in the mile-deep silences that settle over the valley once the day’s work concludes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Poston Memorial Monument (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 234° SW
Riverside Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.5 mi, 291° W · 25k acres
Chuckwalla To Chemehuevi Tortoise Linkage Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.9 mi, 312° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 296° NW
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 116° SE
Big Maria Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.3 mi, 250° W · 48k acres
To All the Fallen Soliders Buried Here Wall of Honor (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 033° NE
Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.2 mi, 088° E · 59k acres
Blythe Intaglios (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 212° SW
Chemehuevi Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.8 mi, 336° NW
Parker Rattlesnake (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 064° NE
Bouse Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 100° E
Hi Jolly Monument (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 158° S
T Rocks (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 159° S
Rice Shoe Fence (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 284° W
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 037° NE · 9,890 acres
Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 204° SW
Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 28.6 mi, 204° SW
Pilot Rock (Viewpoint) — 29.7 mi, 012° N
Balance Rock (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 011° N
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.1 mi, 156° SE · 1.3M acres
Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 39.1 mi, 342° N · 1.8M acres
Iron Mountain Sign Post (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 280° W
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 49.9 mi, 271° W · 784k acres
Needles Regional Museum (Museum) — 59.9 mi, 349° N
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 68.1 mi, 191° S
Oatman Outlaws (Theatre) — 71.6 mi, 001° N
Cool Springs Stations Museum (Museum) — 71.8 mi, 004° N
East Jesus (Public Artwork) — 79.5 mi, 231° SW

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