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Sunsites Arizona Map

Explore Sunsites, 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 Sunsites, Arizona

How to Use This Sunsites, Arizona Map

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

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	Sunsites
State	Arizona (AZ)
County	Cochise County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix)

Latitude	31.941
Longitude	-109.8394
Population	790
Density	342.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	85625
Area Code	520
County Seat	Bisbee
School District	Pearce Elementary District

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About Sunsites, Arizona

Sunsites is a locality in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 790. The population density is 342.3 people per km². Sunsites is located at 31.9410°N, 109.8394°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85625.

Sunsites emerges from the high desert floor as a quiet expanse where the horizon stretches toward the jagged silhouette of Turkey Creek Ridge, eight miles distant. It lies 38.2 miles northeast of Sierra Vista, AZ (from Sierra Vista, AZ: bearing 45°T), and is situated 26.7 miles east of Benson. The landscape is defined by the austere beauty of the scrubland, where the pale, sun-bleached earth meets the sharp, angular shadows cast by ocotillo and low-lying brush. To the north, the terrain dips into the rugged contours of Grapevine Canyon, while Turkey Creek winds its way through the nearby plains, offering a modest, seasonal reprieve to the parched soil. The light here possesses a singular, crystalline quality, turning the dust into a fine, golden powder that hangs in the air during the long, amber hours before sunset.

Sunsites remains a place shaped by the persistence of its residents, who have long cultivated a life within the rhythms of the arid basin. Agriculture and local trade anchor the daily experience, supported by the vast, open stretches of State Trust Land that lie just two miles away, offering a stark, unadorned connection to the wilder elements of the region. Life in Sunsites moves with an intentional, deliberate pace, far removed from the clamor of urban centers, punctuated only by the occasional passage of a vehicle or the distant, dry rustle of the wind. Even the nearby presence of Forest Tank, though small, serves as a focal point for the quiet endurance of a settlement that defines itself by the vast, open silence of the desert floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 196° S
Sulphur Springs Historic Marker (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 044° NE
Metates (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 030° NE
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 4.8 mi, 249° W · 1.7M acres
Ginsburg (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 347° N
Historic Gleeson Jail (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 178° S
Willcox Playa Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 013° N
Willcox Playa Nnl Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.6 mi, 345° N
Ring Target (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 009° N
Pioneer Home Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 219° SW
Unapologetically ENOUGH Boudoir (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 221° SW
Wyatt Earp (Public Artwork) — 20.7 mi, 221° SW
Old Tombstone Bunkhouse (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 221° SW
O.K. Corral (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 220° SW
Rose Tree Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 220° SW
The Saloon Theatre (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 221° SW
Gunfighter Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 220° SW
Old Tombstone Western Theme Park (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 220° SW
Ed Schieffelin Monument (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 227° SW
Hazel Johnson Park (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 001° N
Cochise Stronghold Indian Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 261° W
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 231° SW · 58k acres
Chiricahua Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.4 mi, 090° E · 87k acres
Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 24.1 mi, 040° NE · 12k acres
Wagon Massacre Site (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 055° NE
Chiricahua National Monument (National Monument) — 26.7 mi, 081° E · 12k acres
Battle of Apache Pass (Registered Battlefield) — 27.2 mi, 059° NE
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.3 mi, 141° SE · 5,550 acres
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 39.7 mi, 256° W · 49k acres
Saguaro National Park (National Park) — 40.3 mi, 287° W · 89k acres

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