Snowflake joins the names of the two men who founded it in 1878. This map of the town prints the James M. Flake House, the John A. Freeman House, Snowflake High School, the Snowflake Arizona Temple, Pioneer Park and the Snowflake-Taylor Public Library, with Fourmile Knoll, Pin Head Knoll and Red Hill giving shape to the land.
Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, 25 miles south of Interstate 40 by way of Highway 77.
KNOWOL made this map in 2026 and gave modern data the look of a vintage atlas. The shaded relief of Fourmile Knoll, Pin Head Knoll and Red Hill comes from United States Geological Survey elevation data, and the streets were drawn from Census Bureau files. Historic sites such as the James M. Flake House and the John A. Freeman House were confirmed against the National Park Service and the National Register of Historic Places. In Navajo the town is called Tó Diłhił Biih Yílį́, and the 2020 census counted 6,104 people here.
Snow for me and Flake for you
In 1877 Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called William Jordan Flake to start a settlement in the northern part of what was then Arizona Territory. Flake left with a wagon train and herds of cattle for the Little Colorado River country and arrived in January 1878, and in spite of much hardship, including a winter spent living in stables and wagons, the settlement survived. That fall Erastus Snow, an apostle of the church and a leading figure in its colonizing of Arizona, visited and joined Flake in naming the town: “Snow for me and Flake for you.” Flake kept ranching here and died in Snowflake in 1932, at 93. In 1959 he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for his work as a colonizer and cattleman.
Jesse N. Smith, a first cousin of Joseph Smith, went to explore the new Arizona settlements in 1878, and when he reported back, John Taylor asked him to move there as a church leader. He settled his family in what is now Snowflake. He was the first president of the Eastern Arizona Stake from 1879 to 1887 and led the Snowflake Stake from 1887 until his death in 1906, and he served in the 19th Arizona Territorial Legislature as well. The Jesse N. Smith House in Snowflake is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Academy and temple
Snowflake High School is described on its page as one of the oldest schools in Arizona. In 1888 the church set up the Snowflake Stake Academy to teach anyone who wanted schooling beyond the eighth grade, and in 1924 the Snowflake Union High School District was created and the academy closed. The school now serves Snowflake and neighboring Taylor, hosts the town’s annual Groundhog breakfast and has won state titles in golf, football, track and other sports; among its alumni is Grant Turley, the World War II pilot remembered as “The Snowflake Storm.”
The Snowflake Arizona Temple, the second temple of the church in Arizona, was announced on April 2, 2000, and stands on a knoll that came to be called “Temple Hill.” About eight feet were taken off the top of the knoll so the two-level building could be set into it. During the open house in February 2002, 94,416 people visited, and the temple was dedicated on March 3, 2002. Its interior carries motifs drawn from pioneer quilt blocks and Native American designs, along with a mural by the Native American artist Linda Turley-Christensen.
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Names on this map
These names are printed on this map.
Streets and roads: Apricot Blossom Ln, W Grapevine Ln, Jasmin Ln, Blossom Ln, 23rd N, Fish Ln, Flake St, Flake Ave, Canyon Trl, Caldwell Canyon, F-Bar Ln, Greer Ave.
More street names, A to Z
Brown St, Concho Hwy, Cooper Ln, Eager Ave, E Button Ln, Fairway Rd, Frontier Pkwy, Hillshire Dr, Hoyt Rd, Industrial Way, Larson Ln, Pioneer Park, Player Dr, Plum Blossom Ln, Ramsey Ave, Rutledge Dr, Sand Trap Ln, Seventh St, Snowflake Blvd, Snowflake Blvd E, Snowflake Taylor Blvd, Third St, Verde Dr, W Plum Blossom Ln.
Around the map
Pioneer Park, at 5th North and Highway 77, is one of the parks Snowflake runs, and the Snowflake-Taylor Recreation and Parks Department runs youth and adult leagues for both towns. Northland Pioneer College has its Silver Creek campus extension in Snowflake, and the Apache Railway, whose line from Holbrook reached Snowflake in 1918, still provides freight service. The dancer Buzz Miller and the businesswoman and politician Marilyn Jarrett were born here. Several events around the Travis Walton abduction incident happened in Snowflake, and they were dramatized in the 1993 film Fire in the Sky. The James M. Flake House, the John A. Freeman House and the Snowflake-Taylor Public Library appear on the sheet as well.
This Snowflake map makes a good addition to an office, library or den, and it can help teach children the geography and history of the area. It’s made for anyone who calls Snowflake home, in Navajo County, and KNOWOL created it in 2026 to show the town as it looks today. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the Snowflake map.
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