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Santa Cruz Arizona Map

Explore Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz, Arizona

How to Use This Santa Cruz, Arizona Map

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

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	Santa Cruz
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Pinal County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	33.232701
Longitude	-112.159368
Population	39
Density	9.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	85634, 85339
Area Code	520, 480
County Seat	Florence
School District	Casa Grande Union High School District

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About Santa Cruz, Arizona

Santa Cruz is a locality in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 39. The population density is 9.2 people per km². Santa Cruz is located at 33.2327°N, 112.1594°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 85634, 85339.

Santa Cruz occupies a sun-baked stretch of arid basin where the dry, sandy bed of the Santa Cruz Wash serves as the primary artery for the landscape. It lies 9.3 miles south of Laveen, AZ (from Laveen, AZ: bearing 179°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Ahwatukee Foothills. Massive, pale-barked palo verde trees and scattered stands of ocotillo define the horizon, their skeletal forms casting long, spindly shadows that shift across the cracked earth as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the Sierra Estrella rises in jagged, violet-hued relief against a sky that often bleeds into a bruised gold at sunset. The air here holds a distinct, parched clarity, carrying the scent of creosote whenever the heat shimmer relents, and the silence of the surrounding desert provides a weight that makes every distant call of a quail feel like a profound interruption.

History in Santa Cruz lingers in the remnants of old irrigation ditches and the weathered fence lines that mark a long-standing commitment to the stubborn cultivation of this desert soil. While the regional economy has shifted away from the intensive small-scale farming of earlier generations, the rugged character of the land remains a constant influence on the daily pace of life. Residents often look toward the Sierra Estrella Wilderness Area for recreation, finding a stark, protected solitude within those rocky reaches that mirrors the quietude of the plains. Dry Reservoir sits just a few miles away, a silent basin that reflects the shifting clouds and underscores the scarcity of water that has dictated the survival of Santa Cruz since its inception.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sierra Estrella Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.5 mi, 270° W · 15k acres
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 240° SW
Phoenix South Mountain Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 007° N
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 036° NE
Estrella Mountain Regional Park (Local Park) — 9.4 mi, 295° NW
Lower Gila Terraces And Historic Trails Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.4 mi, 195° S
Cesar Chavez (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 007° N
Rawhide (Theme Park) — 10.5 mi, 076° E
Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 11.9 mi, 335° NW
AMC Ahwatukee 24 (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 061° NE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 056° NE
Old Stone Houses (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 045° NE
Base and Meridian Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 324° NW
Sonoran Desert National Monument (National Monument) — 13.2 mi, 220° SW · 496k acres
Edith House (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 071° E
Gila River Waterfowl Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 317° NW · 14k acres
Snaketown (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 104° E
H. L. (Tom) Earley, Jr. (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 070° E
Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 068° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 014° N
Arizona Sea Life Aquarium (Aquarium) — 15.4 mi, 047° NE
Phoenix Police Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 018° N
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.7 mi, 249° W · 64k acres
The Crayola Experience (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 073° E
Legend City Studios (Gallery) — 15.8 mi, 017° N
Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 019° N
Dorrance DOME (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 020° N
Tonto National Forest (National Forest) — 32.9 mi, 056° NE · 2.9M acres
Ironwood Forest National Monument (National Monument) — 45.8 mi, 148° SE · 190k acres
Prescott National Forest (National Forest) — 61.9 mi, 358° N · 1.3M acres

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