Yavapai Arizona Map

About Yavapai, Arizona

Yavapai is a locality in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 220. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Yavapai is located at 34.6464°N, 112.4291°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 86301, 86312.

Yavapai emerges from the high desert floor as a rugged expanse of juniper-dotted plains and jagged granite formations that catch the amber light of the setting sun. It lies 6.9 miles west-northwest of Prescott Valley, AZ (from Prescott Valley, AZ: bearing 291°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-northeast of Prescott. The terrain surrounding Yavapai is defined by the stark, weathered pillars of the Granite Dells, which rise like broken teeth against the vast, pale blue of the Arizona sky. To the north, the landscape softens into open scrubland, broken only by the occasional wandering path of Bottleneck Wash, where the earth holds a lingering coolness beneath the shade of scrub oaks. In the distance, the faint, hazy outline of the Mogollon Rim provides a permanent, silent boundary to the horizon, while the nearby State Trust Land offers an expansive, quiet wilderness where the wind carries the dry, resinous scent of sage and heated stone.

History remains etched into the very dust of the region, echoing the labor of early prospectors who once sought fortune in the veins of the earth and the timber of the distant Bradshaw Ranger District. Today, the economy of Yavapai reflects a transition from those resource-driven origins toward a steady, quiet commerce that honors the slow pace of the high country. Residents often seek recreation at Willow Creek Reservoir, where the water mirrors the shifting clouds, or test their endurance upon the steep, sun-baked switchbacks of Granite Mountain Trail Number Two Hundred Sixty One. The culture here is marked by a deliberate, measured stillness, a quality of life that favors the long shadows of late afternoon and the sharp, clarity of stars revealed when the desert heat finally dissipates into the cool, thin air of night.

About This Yavapai Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yavapai, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.646398, -112.429146. 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 Yavapai includes the ZIP code (86301, 86312), telephone area code (928), county seat of Yavapai County (Prescott), 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.