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Sawmill Arizona Map

Explore Sawmill, 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 Sawmill, Arizona

How to Use This Sawmill, Arizona Map

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

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

Latitude	35.894089
Longitude	-109.157213
Population	564
Density	37.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	85550, 86504
Area Code	480, 928
County Seat	St. Johns
School District	Window Rock Unified District

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About Sawmill, Arizona

Sawmill is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 564. The population density is 37.8 people per km². Sawmill is located at 35.8941°N, 109.1572°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 85550, 86504.

Sawmill occupies a high-altitude plateau where the thin, crisp air carries the scent of dry earth and pine needles across the expanse. It lies 35.1 miles northwest of Gallup, NM (from Gallup, NM: bearing 318°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Navajo. The horizon is defined by the sharp silhouette of Red Butte, rising two miles away to anchor the view against an endless, pale-blue sky. Nearby, the Talhchoze Tohe Meadow offers a quiet, grassy expanse where the light at dusk turns the ground a bruised, dusty purple, while the narrow channel of Buell Wash traces the landscape two miles distant. Beyond the immediate terrain, the landscape opens into a vast, arid woodland that feels ancient and indifferent to the slow passage of hours, marked only by the shifting shadows of monsoon clouds that gather heavily in the distance.

Sawmill exists as a testament to the industrial rhythms that once defined this rugged corner of the Navajo Nation, where the legacy of timber processing lingers in the quietude of the streets. The local economy, having transitioned from the clamor of the mills, now reflects a slower, more deliberate pace of life that respects the deep, ancestral ties to the land. Residents move with a steady, measured purpose, often traveling toward Red Lake to find a moment of stillness or looking toward the horizon where Unknown Park waits twelve miles away. Life in Sawmill is colored by a profound sense of continuity, where the modern day is held in balance by the enduring silence of the high desert and the memory of labor that once built the very frame of the settlement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Venus Needle (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 071° E
Cleopatra Needle (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 064° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.7 mi, 155° SE
Fort Defiance Skate/Bmx Park (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 153° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 158° S
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 17.1 mi, 163° S
Three Turkey Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 303° NW
Spider Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.3 mi, 323° NW
Sliding Rock Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 316° NW
Hubbel Trading Post and Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 241° SW
Chief Manulieto Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 34.4 mi, 137° SE
George Galaris Multiultural Center (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 137° SE
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 137° SE
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 35.4 mi, 166° S
Front Row Seat (Cinema) — 36.3 mi, 134° SE
Hope Arch (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 306° NW
Red Rock Musuem (Museum) — 39.0 mi, 128° SE
Fort Wingate Army Depot (Historic Castle / Fort) — 41.3 mi, 129° SE
Cibola National Forest (National Forest) — 44.0 mi, 132° SE · 1.6M acres
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 44.9 mi, 188° S
Fort Wingate Historical Marker (Monument) — 45.6 mi, 131° SE
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 56.6 mi, 062° NE · 48k acres
Continental Divide T.C. Other (National Forest) — 56.6 mi, 127° SE · 65 acres
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 58.2 mi, 211° SW · 53k acres
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 58.2 mi, 211° SW · 148k acres
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 59.7 mi, 163° S
Fossil Forest Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 62.7 mi, 070° E
Bluewater Lake State Park (State Park) — 66.1 mi, 125° SE
Hogback Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 68.6 mi, 030° NE
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 73.6 mi, 142° SE · 1,040 acres

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