45 mins. Distance from Cottonwood, AZ to Show Low, AZ is 161Miles or 260 Km. You can get this distance about 3 hours 0 mins. If you want to planning travel with plane for 118 Miles or 190 Km, You can get this distance about 45 mins . A car with an average MPG will needs 7.45 gallons of gas to get the route between these points.