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San Jose Arizona Map

Explore San Jose, 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 San Jose, Arizona

How to Use This San Jose, Arizona Map

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

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.

CitySan Jose
StateArizona (AZ)
CountyGraham County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)
Latitude32.820065
Longitude-109.592021
Population467
Density43.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code85546
Area Code480
County SeatSafford
School DistrictSolomon Elementary District

About San Jose, Arizona

San Jose is a locality in Graham County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 467. The population density is 43.0 people per km². San Jose is located at 32.8201°N, 109.5920°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85546.

San Jose reveals itself through the dry, rhythmic pulse of the San Jose Wash, a vein of sand and stone that dictates the character of the surrounding desert floor. It lies 6.8 miles east of Safford, AZ (from Safford, AZ: bearing 98°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-southeast of Graham. The landscape here is defined by an uncompromising clarity, where the sun bleaches the alkali earth until the ground mirrors the pale, expansive sky. To the north, the silhouette of Lone Star Mountain anchors the horizon, a solitary sentinel rising above the scrub and ocotillo that define the State Trust Land. In the heat of the afternoon, the air thickens with a stillness so absolute that the movement of a lizard across a sun-baked rock becomes a significant event, marking the slow, deliberate passage of time in this arid expanse.

San Jose remains an outpost shaped by the rugged demands of a land that yields little to those who do not respect its limits. The economy bears the marks of a history tied to the earth, oscillating between the remnants of resource extraction and the quiet tenacity of those who maintain the perimeter of Big Canyon. While the Tailings Water Reclamation Reservoir waits twenty-one miles away as a testament to the human need to hoard moisture, the daily reality here is one of austerity and grit. Life in San Jose moves with the predictability of the seasons, favoring the resilience of native brush over the fragile vanity of imported flora, grounding its inhabitants in a cycle of dust, heat, and the sudden, violent beauty of summer monsoons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 325° NW
  • Epley's Ruin (Historic Ruins) — 0.8 mi, 167° S
  • Buena Vista/Curtis Ballcourt (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 058° NE
  • Buena Vista Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 054° NE
  • Dry Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 289° W
  • Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 048° NE · 24k acres
  • Graham County Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 254° W
  • Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 6.8 mi, 276° W · 1.7M acres
  • The People (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 278° W
  • Roper Lake and Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 236° SW
  • Stargazer 5 (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 279° W
  • Roper Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 223° SW
  • 111 Ranch Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.7 mi, 143° SE
  • Mount Graham Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.8 mi, 237° SW · 61k acres
  • Bryce "B" (Public Artwork) — 15.9 mi, 302° NW
  • Fort Grant Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 20.2 mi, 244° SW
  • Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 21.5 mi, 015° N · 1.8M acres
  • Melvin Jones International Memorial (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 305° NW
  • Fishhooks Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.3 mi, 322° NW · 11k acres
  • Santa Teresa Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.5 mi, 279° W · 27k acres
  • Centennial of Chiricahua Apache (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 170° S
  • Old Fort Bowie (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 170° S
  • "w" Mountain (Monument) — 35.8 mi, 204° SW
  • Fisherman's Point (Viewpoint) — 44.8 mi, 107° E
  • Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 47.4 mi, 169° S
  • Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 56.9 mi, 166° S
  • Faraway ranch (guided tour) (Attraction) — 57.5 mi, 167° S
  • Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours (Attraction) — 60.3 mi, 124° SE
  • Mogollon Museum (Museum) — 60.8 mi, 049° NE
  • Johnny Ringo Grave (Attraction) — 66.7 mi, 171° S

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About This San Jose Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Jose, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.820065, -109.592021. 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 San Jose includes the ZIP code (85546), telephone area code (480), county seat of Graham County (Safford), and school district assignment (Solomon Elementary 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.