Tumacacori Arizona Map

About Tumacacori, Arizona

Tumacacori is a locality in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Tumacacori is located at 31.5687°N, 111.0523°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 85640.

Tumacacori holds the sun-bleached silence of the high desert, where the Santa Cruz River carves a sluggish, emerald artery through the tawny earth. It lies 8.1 miles north-northwest of Rio Rico, AZ (from Rio Rico, AZ: bearing 326°T), and is situated 17.2 miles north-northwest of Nogales. Beyond the immediate riparian shade of willow and cottonwood, the landscape stretches into arid plains defined by the presence of State Trust Land, a vast expanse that guards the quietude of the basin. Four miles to the west, the Tumacacori Mountains rise in jagged, indigo silhouettes against the relentless azure, their slopes casting long, cooling shadows as the afternoon light fractures into gold. A mile away, the mouth of Rock Corral Canyon offers a deeper fracture in the terrain, a place where the wind whistles through dry arroyos and the scent of creosote rises heavy and sharp after the rare, sudden bloom of a summer storm.

Tumacacori bears the weight of centuries in the crumbling, sun-baked adobe walls that stand as silent witnesses to a complex colonial past. The rhythm of life here moves with the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles, rooted in a history of mission settlement and the patient cultivation of the surrounding valley floor. While the modern economy lingers on the periphery, the land itself remains the primary architect of daily existence, demanding a hardy resilience from those who inhabit this corridor of history. Four miles from the stillness of Hidden Tank and eleven miles from the verdant reaches of the Nogales Ranger District, the residents maintain a connection to the soil that feels as ancient as the dry heat itself. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the seasons and the enduring, dusty persistence of the desert.

About This Tumacacori Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tumacacori, Arizona. Coordinates: 31.568702, -111.052313. 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 Tumacacori includes the ZIP code (85640), telephone area code (520), county seat of Santa Cruz County (Nogales), and school district assignment.

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.