Sun Valley Arizona Map

About Sun Valley, Arizona

Sun Valley is a locality in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 153. The population density is 1.9 people per km². Sun Valley is located at 34.9829°N, 110.0320°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 86029, 86025.

Sun Valley occupies a stretch of high desert plateau where the earth wears a coat of pale, sun-bleached dust and scrub brush. It lies 50.2 miles north of Show Low, AZ (from Show Low, AZ: bearing 358°T), and is situated 7.8 miles northeast of Holbrook. The horizon remains vast and unyielding, pulled toward the distant silhouette of the Mogollon Rim that anchors the southern sky in a jagged, blue-gray line. Three miles to the west, the quiet surface of Sand Tank reflects the passing clouds, while the Puerco River carves a shallow, intermittent path four miles away through the arid ground. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, sharpening the edges of every rock and ridge until the landscape feels as thin and crisp as a held breath.

State Trust Land lies just a mile away, preserving a wide, open expanse that defines the quiet character of the region. Sun Valley grew from the rhythms of the high plains, where the economy remains tied to the slow movement of livestock and the endurance of those who work the resilient, sun-baked soil. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal shifts in light, from the fierce, dry heat of midday to the cooling shadows that lengthen across the plains as evening approaches. This is a place of long, unbroken silences, where the history of the land is measured not in monuments, but in the way the wind moves across the sage and the steady, patient pace of daily labor under an immense, cloud-streaked sky.

About This Sun Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sun Valley, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.982905, -110.031971. 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 Sun Valley includes the ZIP code (86029, 86025), telephone area code (928), county seat of Navajo County (Holbrook), and school district assignment (Holbrook 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.