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.
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 | Gila 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 | Globe |
| School District | Window Rock Unified District |
Sawmill unfolds across a high, arid landscape where the persistent, thin ribbon of Sawmill Creek carves a quiet path through the terrain. It lies 44.0 miles southwest of Pinetop Lakeside, AZ (from Pinetop Lakeside, AZ: bearing 215°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north of San Carlos. The air here holds a crisp, thin clarity, often carrying the scent of dry earth and pine needles that drift down from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim. Low, scrub-brushed plains stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by the stillness of Sawmill Tank, which reflects the deepening bruised purple of monsoon thunderheads gathering in the late afternoon. The land feels ancient and deliberate, with the vast, open silence of the surrounding plateaus pressing in against the edges of the settlement, reminding any traveler of the sheer scale of the high desert.
Sawmill carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber industry, a legacy etched into the very nomenclature of the place where mechanical labor once defined the daily pulse. Life in Sawmill moves at a measured, pragmatic pace, shaped by the proximity of the Navajo Nation and the rugged, unyielding nature of the high-country economy. To the southwest, the verdant, protected expanses of Tonto National Forest offer a sharp contrast to the more exposed, wind-swept stretches near Bull Pasture, where the terrain shifts into deeper, more protected depressions. Modern life here acknowledges the deep cultural threads of the region, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the flow of activity, and the fading light at dusk turns the dusty roads into long, golden corridors of shadow and memory.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sawmill, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.894089, -109.157213. 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 Sawmill includes the ZIP code (85550, 86504), telephone area code (480, 928), county seat of Gila County (Globe), and school district assignment (Window Rock 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. |