Red Lake Arizona Map

About Red Lake, Arizona

Red Lake is a locality in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,680. The population density is 21.7 people per km². Red Lake is located at 35.3615°N, 112.1721°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 86044, 86046.

Red Lake emerges from the high desert floor as a study in terracotta and dust, where the light at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the horizon. It lies 87.1 miles north-northeast of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 27°T), and is situated 20.7 miles northeast of Tuba City. The earth here, dry and unyielding, stretches toward the distant silhouette of Yellowstone Point, which marks the edge of the sky like a jagged tooth. Five miles away, the parched bed of Sour Water Wash carves a shallow, vein-like path through the scrub, its dry stones waiting for the rare, violent pulse of a monsoon storm. To the north, the terrain dips into the low basin of Red Lake, a landscape defined by the persistence of hardy shrubs and the vast, silent clarity of an air that carries no scent of water.

Red Lake serves as a quiet witness to the enduring patterns of life on the plateau, where the pace of the day is dictated not by clocks, but by the slow rotation of the sun across the sagebrush. Economic life here remains tethered to the land, reflecting a heritage of stewardship and survival that predates modern boundaries. The stillness of the afternoon is occasionally broken by the low hum of passing vehicles or the distant calls of livestock, echoing a cultural character shaped by generations of resilience. In this corner of the state, the weight of history is felt in the mile-deep silences that settle between the scrub-oak and the sun-bleached soil, reminding those who pass through that Red Lake is a place of fundamental, unadorned endurance.

About This Red Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Lake, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.361487, -112.172127. 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 Red Lake includes the ZIP code (86044, 86046), telephone area code (928), county seat of Coconino County (Flagstaff), and school district assignment (Williams 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.