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Rough Rock Arizona Map

Explore Rough Rock, 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 Rough Rock, Arizona

How to Use This Rough Rock, Arizona Map

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

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	Rough Rock
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Apache County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	36.407223
Longitude	-109.872893
Population	428
Density	12.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	86503
Area Code	928
County Seat	St. Johns
School District	Chinle Unified District

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About Rough Rock, Arizona

Rough Rock is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 428. The population density is 12.9 people per km². Rough Rock is located at 36.4072°N, 109.8729°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 86503.

Rough Rock endures as a quiet expanse of high desert, where the earth reveals itself in layers of muted ochre and dust-blown sage. It lies 87.7 miles northwest of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 314°T), and is situated 30.6 miles southeast of Kayenta. The horizon is punctuated by the modest rise of Little Ice Cream Cone Hill, standing as a solitary sentinel over the arid plains that stretch toward the deeper shadows of Cottonwood Canyon. When the afternoon sun shifts, the light softens into a pale, bruised violet, casting long, thin silhouettes across the scrubland that seems to hold its breath against the wind. Eight miles to the west, the bed of Tah Chee Wash remains dry for long stretches of the year, a winding scar of sand and smoothed stone that waits patiently for the sudden, violent arrival of monsoon rains.

Rough Rock serves as a focal point for Navajo life, anchoring a culture that has long harmonized its existence with the spare, demanding requirements of the high plateau. Education remains a cornerstone of the local character, with the Rough Rock Community School standing as a significant landmark that reflects a commitment to preserving language and heritage amidst the modern pressures of the regional economy. Life here moves according to the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Many Farms Lake, while sixteen miles away, acts as a distant reference point for water in a landscape defined by its scarcity, reminding those who live here that the true character of the land is found in the resilience of its people and the persistence of their traditions in the face of the vast, open sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hope Arch (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 144° SE
Whale Rock (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 042° NE
Tunnel Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.0 mi, 132° SE
Ledge Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 28.5 mi, 127° SE
Little White House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 135° SE
Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 315° NW
Hogan (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 315° NW
Sweat Lodge (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 315° NW
Kayenta Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 30.1 mi, 316° NW
Ruin Arch (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 339° N
Spiderweb Arch (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 340° N
Thunderbird Mesa (Monument) — 37.9 mi, 343° N
Monument Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 342° N
Navajo National Monument (National Monument) — 42.1 mi, 305° NW · 360 acres
Gouldings Museum and Trading Post (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 336° NW
Brigham Young's Tomb (Monument) — 45.6 mi, 345° N
Hat Rock (Monument) — 45.8 mi, 332° NW
San Juan River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 51.0 mi, 001° N
San Juan River #5 (Wild & Scenic River) — 51.2 mi, 359° N · 1,876 acres
San Juan Trading Post (Public Artwork) — 51.4 mi, 000° N
Bears Ears National Monument (National Monument) — 51.7 mi, 356° N · 1.8M acres
Goosenecks State Park (State Park) — 53.0 mi, 357° N
Valley Of The Gods Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 54.5 mi, 000° N
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 54.6 mi, 355° N · 1.2M acres
Road Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 59.0 mi, 359° N · 52k acres
Grand Gulch Instant Study Area Complex Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 59.1 mi, 355° N · 105k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 64.3 mi, 136° SE
Fort Defiance Skate/Bmx Park (Local Recreation) — 64.6 mi, 135° SE
Western Navajo Nation Fairgrounds (Theme Park) — 76.7 mi, 256° W

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