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Tombstone Arizona Map

Explore Tombstone, 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 Tombstone, Arizona

How to Use This Tombstone, Arizona Map

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

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

Latitude	31.720407
Longitude	-110.076304
Population	1,308
Density	54.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	85638
Area Code	520
County Seat	Bisbee
School District	Tombstone Unified District

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About Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone is a locality in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,308. The population density is 54.6 people per km². Tombstone is located at 31.7204°N, 110.0763°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. Tombstone is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 85638.

Tombstone occupies a high desert plateau where the light of late afternoon turns the dry earth into a deep, burnished copper. It lies 17.7 miles northeast of Sierra Vista, AZ (from Sierra Vista, AZ: bearing 52°T), and is situated 19.6 miles northeast of Fort Huachuca. The horizon is dominated by the jagged silhouettes of the Dragoon Mountains, which rise seventeen miles away like dark teeth against the pale, vaulted sky. Closer at hand, the terrain descends into the quiet depressions of Emerald Gulch, a mile from the center, while the seasonal flow of Reeves Creek winds through the brush two miles out. The air here holds a distinct, parched clarity, and when the sun slips behind the western ridges, the silence of the surrounding scrubland feels heavy and absolute. Even the distant, shimmering surface of Bennett Tank, five miles away, does little to soften the stark, arid grandeur of this landscape.

Prospector Ed Schieffelin founded Tombstone after ignoring warnings that the only stone he would find in this desolate region would be his own tombstone. He persisted, however, and his discovery of silver ore transformed a lonely patch of desert into a frantic, sprawling center of industry and ambition. The settlement grew with the volatile speed of a fever dream, attracting men and women who sought fortune in the dark veins beneath the soil. As the mines deepened, the rough-hewn architecture of the early years solidified into a place of consequence, marking a transition from a temporary camp of canvas and pine to a permanent, sun-bleached monument to the American frontier.

Economic life in Tombstone now pivots away from the extraction of silver and toward the preservation of its vivid heritage. The infrastructure supports a steady flow of visitors who arrive to traverse the same dusty streets that once defined the regional economy, transforming the town into an open-air archive of the late nineteenth century. While no major universities operate within the immediate vicinity, the educational value of the site remains significant, drawing researchers and historians interested in the mechanics of early western commerce. The daily commerce of the town relies on the careful stewardship of its past, ensuring that the legacy of those who labored in the mines remains the primary engine of local activity.

Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park serves as the focal point for the town’s cultural identity, housing the records and artifacts that anchor the local memory. Visitors often gather to witness reenactments of famous events, keeping the figures of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday firmly embedded in the public imagination through annual festivals and staged confrontations. Beyond these staged displays, the true character of the place resides in the way the wind moves through the creosote bushes and the manner in which the long, violet shadows of dusk stretch across the weathered wooden facades. This is a place where the history of the frontier is not merely remembered, but lived in the slow, deliberate pace of those who walk its streets under the unrelenting desert sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 269° W
Unapologetically ENOUGH Boudoir (Gallery) — 0.4 mi, 114° SE
Old Tombstone Bunkhouse (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 134° SE
Wyatt Earp Village (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 135° SE
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 140° SE
The Saloon Theatre (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 139° SE
O.K. Corral (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 134° SE
Gunfighter Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 140° SE
Rose Tree Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 137° SE
Old Tombstone Western Theme Park (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 142° SE
Pioneer Home Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 124° SE
Ed Schieffelin Monument (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 294° NW
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 273° W · 58k acres
Grand Central Mill (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 282° W
Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 286° W
Coronado National Forest (National Forest) — 8.9 mi, 012° N · 1.7M acres
Cochise Stronghold Indian Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 325° NW
47-Ranch (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 147° SE
Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 225° SW
Huachuca Art Association (Gallery) — 16.5 mi, 219° SW
Cinemark 10 (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 219° SW
Kartchner Caverns State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 296° NW
Mountain Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 18.5 mi, 298° NW
False Continental Divide Monument (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 157° SE
Empire-Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.4 mi, 265° W
Miller Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.4 mi, 214° SW · 20k acres
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 23.7 mi, 265° W · 49k acres
Rincon Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.2 mi, 313° NW · 37k acres
Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 103° E · 5,550 acres
Saguaro National Park (National Park) — 36.4 mi, 317° NW · 89k acres

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