Explore Willow Valley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Willow Valley, 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 Willow Valley.
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 | Willow Valley |
| State | Arizona (AZ) |
| County | Mohave County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) |
| Latitude | 34.927658 |
| Longitude | -114.626599 |
| Population | 1,059 |
| Density | 82.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 86440 |
| Area Code | 928 |
| County Seat | Kingman |
| School District | Colorado River Union High School District |
Willow Valley stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the low desert floor meets the jagged, volcanic silhouettes of the Dead Mountains Wilderness Area to the west. It lies 7.7 miles south of Fort Mohave, AZ (from Fort Mohave, AZ: bearing 187°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north of Needles. The air here holds a dry, brittle clarity, carrying the scent of creosote and parched earth beneath a sky that often bruises purple as monsoon thunderheads gather in the distance. Only a mile away, the Colorado River carves a dark, steady ribbon through the arid basin, providing a persistent pulse of moisture in a landscape defined by its thirst. To the north, the terrain slopes toward the basin of Spears Lake, where the ground is alkaline and white, reflecting the harsh brilliance of the midday sun. Mount Manchester stands as a solitary sentinel on the horizon, its peak often lost in the shimmering heat haze that defines the rhythm of the day.
Willow Valley maintains a quiet, resilient economy, deeply tethered to the life-giving flow of the nearby Colorado River and the seasonal migrations of those seeking refuge from colder latitudes. The history of the region is written in the stubborn endurance of the scrub brush and the dusty tracks that trace the paths of early travelers who navigated the basin toward Lake Havasu. Life in Willow Valley moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the sun, punctuated by the sharp calls of desert birds and the occasional low hum of commerce that sustains the local inhabitants. As dusk descends, the shadows lengthen across the gravel flats, and the heat releases its grip, leaving the land in a profound, cooling silence that feels as old as the rocks themselves.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Willow Valley, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.927658, -114.626599. 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 Willow Valley includes the ZIP code (86440), telephone area code (928), county seat of Mohave County (Kingman), and school district assignment (Colorado River Union High School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |