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Castle Valley Utah Map

Explore Castle Valley, Utah, 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 Castle Valley, Utah

How to Use This Castle Valley, Utah Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Castle Valley, Utah. 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 Utah 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 Castle 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	Castle Valley
State	Utah (UT)
County	Grand County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	38.632526
Longitude	-109.396597
Population	347
Density	14.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	84532
Area Code	801, 385
County Seat	Moab
School District	Grand School District

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About Castle Valley, Utah

Castle Valley is a locality in Grand County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 14.4 people per km². Castle Valley is located at 38.6325°N, 109.3966°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Castle Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 84532.

Castle Valley reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of Placer Creek as it threads through a landscape defined by towering monoliths of burnt-orange sandstone and vast, silent desert expanses. It lies 51.2 miles southwest of Fruita, CO (from Fruita, CO: bearing 226°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-northeast of Moab. The air here remains thin and remarkably clear, carrying the sharp, resinous scent of pinyon and juniper that clings to the arid slopes. To the distant southeast, the La Sal Mountains rise in jagged, snow-dusted relief against the horizon, providing a cool visual counterpoint to the heat-soaked, arid basin of Cain Hollow. As the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the iron-rich sediment of the valley floor, turning the earth a bruised, luminous violet that softens the severe geometry of the surrounding cliffs.

Castle Valley maintains a quiet, deliberate pace of life, far removed from the more frantic commerce found closer to the Moab Slickrock Trail. While the nearby Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area draws the curiosity of the rugged traveler, the daily existence here is governed by the slow cycles of small-scale agriculture and the preservation of a rural, contemplative solitude. The economy remains tethered to the land rather than the transient crowds, with residents valuing the quietude of the high desert over the noise of modern development. Though Spanish Valley lies eight miles away, the sense of isolation in Castle Valley is intentional, a chosen refuge where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional sound of wind rushing through the narrow rock corridors.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Castle Valley Overlook 3 (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 177° S
Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.0 mi, 200° S · 7,563 acres
Mill Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 3.3 mi, 171° S · 11k acres
Colorado River (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.6 mi, 340° N · 41k acres
Manti-La Sal National Forest (National Forest) — 4.0 mi, 157° SE · 1.3M acres
Elvis Hammer (Olympic Torch) (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 165° S
Arches National Park (National Park) — 4.0 mi, 340° N · 88k acres
Balanced Rock Mesa (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 170° S
Valley Of The Gnomes (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 160° S
Mill Creek Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.0 mi, 196° S
Cliffhandle Arch (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 226° SW
Golf Course Rock Art (Historic Ruins) — 7.9 mi, 214° SW
Moab Mural (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 245° SW
Dinosaur Tracks (Historic Ruins) — 9.4 mi, 097° E
Slickrock Cinemas 3 (Cinema) — 9.6 mi, 241° SW
Farmstead History (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 245° SW
Behind The Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.8 mi, 233° SW
Dewey Suspension Bridge (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 022° N
Dolores River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.5 mi, 028° NE · 9,549 acres
Bears Ears National Monument (National Monument) — 16.7 mi, 227° SW · 1.8M acres
Dead Horse Point State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 248° W
Canyonlands National Park (National Park) — 23.2 mi, 230° SW · 334k acres
Uncompahgre National Forest (National Forest) — 28.2 mi, 083° E · 953k acres
Denis Julien Inscription (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 262° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 53.6 mi, 057° NE
Aspen Photo Art Gallery of Fine Art Photography (Gallery) — 54.0 mi, 056° NE
Eureka! McConnell Science Museum (Museum) — 54.6 mi, 055° NE
Robinson Theatre (Theatre) — 54.9 mi, 056° NE
Blue Pig (Gallery) — 65.2 mi, 059° NE
Carl's Critter Garden (Museum) — 73.3 mi, 256° W

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