Explore San Miguel, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for San Miguel, 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 Miguel.
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 | San Miguel |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Maricopa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 31.629493 |
| Longitude | -111.780134 |
| Population | 205 |
| Density | 14.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 85306, 85634 |
| Area Code | 480, 520 |
| County Seat | Phoenix |
| School District | Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified District |
San Miguel sits under a vast, unblinking sky where the sun-bleached earth meets the sharp, dry horizon of the high desert. It lies 3.6 miles south of Arrowhead Ranch, AZ (from Arrowhead Ranch, AZ: bearing 176°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north of Glendale. The Arizona Canal cuts a steady, purposeful line through the landscape, its engineered path acting as a quiet artery that feeds the thirsty scrub and keeps the encroaching dust at bay. To the north, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim provides a jagged anchor for the eye, while the immediate ground slopes gently toward the quiet expanse of Little Deer Valley. The air carries the scent of baked stone and creosote, especially when the light tilts toward amber in the late afternoon, casting long, violet shadows that stretch across the flat, open plains.
San Miguel maintains a rhythm defined by the interplay of modern infrastructure and the enduring, arid wildness of the Sonoran desert. Residents often seek the shaded pathways of Thunderbird Paseo, a strip of managed greenery that offers a rare, deliberate respite from the heat and serves as a social anchor for the neighborhood. While the local economy hums with the quiet industry of a place that values self-reliance and the careful management of limited water, the presence of the Arizona Canal remains a constant reminder of the human effort required to thrive in such an unforgiving climate. On days when monsoon clouds gather, the atmosphere thickens with the promise of rain, turning the dry washes into brief, rushing conduits of life that remind those living in San Miguel of the land’s ancient, hidden power.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Miguel, Arizona. Coordinates: 31.629493, -111.780134. 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 Miguel includes the ZIP code (85306, 85634), telephone area code (480, 520), county seat of Maricopa County (Phoenix), and school district assignment (Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |