Santa Cruz Arizona Map

About Santa Cruz, Arizona

Santa Cruz is a locality in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Santa Cruz is located at 32.0345°N, 111.9071°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85339.

Santa Cruz lies at the edge of vast, sun-baked plains that roll towards distant, hazy mountains. It lies 48.6 miles south-west of Marana, AZ (from Marana, AZ: bearing 235°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Sells. The air here carries the dry, clean scent of creosote and dust, a perpetual perfume of the Sonoran Desert, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, has a way of softening the sharp edges of the landscape, turning the scrubby mesquite and palo verde into silhouettes of deep, burnished gold against a sky that stretches, impossibly blue, to the horizon. The land itself is a study in muted earth tones – ochre, sienna, pale sandstone – broken by the occasional hardy green of a cactus or the stark, skeletal grace of a dead tree. The silence, when it descends, is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the distant, mournful cry of a coyote. This corner of Pima County, Santa Cruz, has a history rooted in the earth and the relentless pursuit of sustenance. For generations, it has been a place where hardy souls have coaxed life from the arid soil, and the echoes of that labor still linger. While not a bustling metropolis, the local economy has long been tied to the land, with a quiet resilience evident in the small farms and ranches that dot the surrounding terrain, their irrigation ditches catching the sun like silver threads. The spirit of Santa Cruz is one of enduring pragmatism, a quiet acceptance of the desert's formidable beauty and a deep-seated connection to the land that has shaped its character and its people for as long as anyone can remember.

About This Santa Cruz Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Cruz, Arizona — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.034518, -111.90707. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Santa Cruz and Pima County.

Detailed location data for Santa Cruz includes the ZIP code (85634), telephone area code (520, 480), county seat of Pima County (Tucson), and school district assignment (Casa Grande Union High School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Santa Cruz is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.