Arco Idaho Map

About Arco, Idaho

Arco is a locality in Butte County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 879. The population density is 317.8 people per km². Arco is located at 43.6366°N, 113.3003°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Arco is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83213.

Arco sits upon the high, arid expanse of the desert floor, where the Ferris Slough traces a quiet, winding path through the sagebrush and bunchgrass. It lies 57.0 miles west-northwest of Blackfoot, ID (from Blackfoot, ID: bearing 303°T), and is situated 51.4 miles east of Hailey. The landscape is defined by the wide, open reaches of the Big Lost River Valley, a basin that drinks the harsh, clear light of the Mountain West and holds it in the stillness of the afternoon. On the far horizon, the jagged silhouettes of the Lost River Range rise against the sky, their stony peaks constant and indifferent to the passing of the seasons. The air here remains thin and sharp, carrying the scent of dry earth and the subtle, metallic promise of a coming storm, while the ground itself is marked by the volcanic remnants of the region’s deep, ancient heat.

Arco claims a singular place in the annals of the atomic age, having been the first locality in the world to be lit by electricity generated from nuclear power. This history lingers in the quiet streets, a ghost of mid-century ambition that contrasts with the slow, deliberate pace of the local ranching and agricultural economy. Five miles away, the Idaho Department of Lands manages the surrounding terrain, preserving a rugged wilderness that invites a different kind of solitude. Life in Arco moves with the rhythm of the wind moving across the plains, an existence tethered to the soil and the stark, uncompromising beauty of a landscape that demands resilience from those who choose to dwell under its vast, unblinking dome of blue.

About This Arco Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arco, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.636569, -113.300284. 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 Arco includes the ZIP code (83213), telephone area code (208), county seat of Butte County (Arco), and school district assignment (Butte County Joint School District 111).

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.