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Athol Idaho Map

Explore Athol, Idaho, 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 Athol, Idaho

How to Use This Athol, Idaho Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Athol, Idaho. 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 Idaho 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 Athol.

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	Athol
State	Idaho (ID)
County	Kootenai County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.94796
Longitude	-116.707974
Population	709
Density	246.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	83801
Area Code	208, 986
County Seat	Coeur d'Alene
School District	Lakeland Joint School District 272

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About Athol, Idaho

Athol is a locality in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 709. The population density is 246.2 people per km². Athol is located at 47.9480°N, 116.7080°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Athol is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83801.

Athol occupies a stretch of high, timbered ground where the air carries the sharp, resinous scent of pine needles baking in the afternoon sun. It lies 12.8 miles northeast of Rathdrum, ID (from Rathdrum, ID: bearing 43°T), and is situated 19.0 miles north of Coeur d'Alene. This landscape is defined by the expansive, quiet presence of the Idaho Department of Lands, which holds the surrounding woods in a state of deliberate, untamed stillness. To the west, the flat expanse of Eightmile Prairie offers a sudden, grassy reprieve from the dense thickets, while the distant, shadowed silhouette of Cedar Mountain looms as a silent sentinel over the horizon. The light here possesses a peculiar, crystalline clarity, turning the forest edges to jagged charcoal silhouettes as the day wanes and the cooling shadows stretch toward Lewellen Creek.

Athol emerged from the intersection of timber labor and the slow, rhythmic expansion of the northern frontier, where the economy remains tethered to the harvest of the woods and the quiet independence of those who settle among the trees. The legacy of the region is written in the sawdust and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that dots the landscape, reflecting a life lived in proximity to the vast reaches of Lake Pend Oreille. Locals often find their way to the Leiberg-Athol Trail, a path that invites a slow, observant traversal of the terrain, grounding the pace of daily existence in the physical reality of the earth. Life in Athol moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, favoring the steady work of the seasons over the clamor of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Richochet Rapids (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 172° S
Avalanche Mountain (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 172° S
Velocity Peak (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 173° S
Rumble Falls (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 174° S
Kaniksu National Forest (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 348° N · 1.6M acres
Theatre of Illusion Magic Show (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 178° S
Henley Airstrip (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 182° S
Granite Lake Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 012° N
Kelso Lake Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 358° N
Farragut State Park (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 090° E
Coeur d'Alene National Forest (National Forest) — 4.5 mi, 155° SE · 727k acres
Farragut Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 078° E
Lake Pend Oreille (Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 087° E
Chilco Mountain #14 National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 9.0 mi, 128° SE · 37 acres
Bernard Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 170° S
Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 203° SW
Independence Creek National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 13.8 mi, 105° E · 93 acres
Hayden Discount Cinema (Cinema) — 14.4 mi, 195° S
K27 Monument (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 201° S
Mount Spokane (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 254° W
Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre Office (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 195° S
Angel Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 190° S
Coeur d'Alene Galleries (Gallery) — 19.3 mi, 190° S
Art & Flow (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 215° SW
John Mullan Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.8 mi, 214° SW
Roxy Theater (Cinema) — 22.3 mi, 316° NW
Barlow Stadium (Stadium) — 23.0 mi, 017° N
Horse Slaughter Monument (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 224° SW
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.2 mi, 290° W · 147k acres

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