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Witch Well Arizona Map

Explore Witch Well, 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 Witch Well, Arizona

How to Use This Witch Well, Arizona Map

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

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

Latitude	34.878957
Longitude	-109.49067
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	86502, 85936
Area Code	928
County Seat	St. Johns

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About Witch Well, Arizona

Witch Well is a locality in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Witch Well is located at 34.8790°N, 109.4907°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 86502, 85936.

Witch Well endures as a sprawling expanse of high-altitude prairie where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the immense clarity of the Arizona sky. It lies 53.0 miles northeast of Show Low, AZ (from Show Low, AZ: bearing 35°T), and is situated 17.2 miles south of Navajo. The terrain is defined by dry grasses and low, hardy scrub, punctuated by the silent, sun-bleached contours of the landscape that extend toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Mogollon Rim. Water is a scarce, rhythmic presence here, arriving mainly through the seasonal pulse of Milky Wash two miles away, while the shallow basin of Rim Tank sits four miles off, holding the rare reflection of passing clouds. Across this open range, the light at dusk settles with a heavy, honeyed weight, turning the dust of State Trust Land into a fine, glowing powder that coats the fences and the sparse, resilient vegetation.

Witch Well occupies a space shaped by the quiet perseverance of ranching and the solitary nature of homesteading, where the economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of livestock and the stewardship of the earth. History here is written not in grand monuments, but in the persistent occupation of the land by those who favor the independence of the high desert over the clamor of denser settlements. Residents navigate the vastness between here and the subtle depressions of Potter Place Draw with a practiced patience, acknowledging the isolation as a necessary condition of the geography. Life in Witch Well maintains a deliberate pace, governed by the shifting intensity of the sun and the vast, empty silence that reclaims the day once the shadows lengthen across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 0.0 mi, 000° N
Petrified Forest National Park (National Park) — 6.9 mi, 301° NW · 148k acres
Blue Mesa Loop (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 284° W
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.5 mi, 271° W · 53k acres
Blue Mesa Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 286° W
The Tepees (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 287° W
Jasper Forest Overlook (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 272° W
Newspaper Rock (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 288° W
Petroglyphs (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 291° W
Old Us route 66 (Historic Ruins) — 21.4 mi, 304° NW
St. Johns Shooting Range (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 163° S
Navajo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 273° W
Hashknife Pony Express Rider (Monument) — 37.9 mi, 273° W
Museum of Zuni (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 070° E
Tanner Wash Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 39.7 mi, 274° W
Manuelito Area Historical Marker (Monument) — 45.1 mi, 037° NE
Sitgreaves National Forest (National Forest) — 45.3 mi, 199° S · 820k acres
Apache National Forest (National Forest) — 46.1 mi, 183° S · 1.8M acres
Mesita Blanca Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 47.1 mi, 134° SE · 19k acres
The Old Fort Historical Monument (Monument) — 47.4 mi, 277° W
Eagle Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 50.2 mi, 126° SE · 44k acres
Madonna of the Trail (Public Artwork) — 52.8 mi, 167° S
Adair Amphitheater (Theatre) — 53.1 mi, 218° SW
White Mountain Family Fun Park (Theme Park) — 56.9 mi, 211° SW
Hubbel Trading Post and Museum (Museum) — 57.5 mi, 356° N
Navajo Fairgrounds Rodeo Grounds (Stadium) — 58.9 mi, 024° NE
Butterfly Lodge Museum (Museum) — 59.5 mi, 178° S
Mount Baldy Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.4 mi, 182° S · 6,819 acres
El Morro National Monument (National Monument) — 64.8 mi, 080° E · 1,040 acres
El Malpais National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 70.0 mi, 090° E · 263k acres

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