Summit Arizona Map

About Summit, Arizona

Summit is a locality in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,724. The population density is 498.5 people per km². Summit is located at 32.0670°N, 110.9515°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85756.

Summit occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the low-lying scrub brush yields to the relentless, dry heat of the Sonoran landscape. It lies 6.8 miles southeast of Drexel Heights, AZ (from Drexel Heights, AZ: bearing 139°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Sahuarita. The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Tucson Mountains, which hold the violet shadows of the afternoon before the sky turns a bruised, electric orange at dusk. Within the immediate perimeter, the ground is composed of compacted earth and pale, dusty grit, punctuated by the structural presence of Summit Old Nogales Park. The Santa Cruz River traces a thin, seasonal thread of life just a mile away, its banks marked by the gray, skeletal limbs of cottonwoods that wait patiently for the rare surge of monsoon rains to wake the soil.

Summit maintains an existence defined by the quiet labor of those who navigate the transition between the arid plains and the busier corridors of the region. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the land, an economy etched into the maintenance of infrastructure and the slow, deliberate pace of local trade that looks toward the Santa Cruz Valley for its sustenance. Residents often look past the immediate dust toward the San Juan Trail, where the path offers a reprieve into the high, silent desert, far from the hum of passing traffic. While the proximity to Kinney Tank provides a singular, distant point of water in an otherwise thirsty topography, Summit remains a place of enduring, sun-drenched resilience, where the light clarifies every stone and shadow with uncompromising precision.

About This Summit Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summit, Arizona. Coordinates: 32.067024, -110.95148. 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 Summit includes the ZIP code (85756), telephone area code (520), county seat of Pima County (Tucson), and school district assignment (Sunnyside Unified District).

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.