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Butte City Idaho Map

Explore Butte City, 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 Butte City, Idaho

How to Use This Butte City, Idaho Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Butte City, 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 Butte City.

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	Butte City
State	Idaho (ID)
County	Butte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Boise)

Latitude	43.609903
Longitude	-113.244171
Population	78
Density	178.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	83213
Area Code	208
County Seat	Arco
School District	Butte County Joint School District 111

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About Butte City, Idaho

Butte City is a locality in Butte County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 78. The population density is 178.2 people per km². Butte City is located at 43.6099°N, 113.2442°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Butte City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83213.

Butte City exists as a quiet anchor upon the expansive, arid plains of the high desert, where the earth is defined by the muted tones of sagebrush and the pale, resilient green of bunchgrass. It lies 53.6 miles west-northwest of Blackfoot, ID (from Blackfoot, ID: bearing 303°T), and is situated 54.0 miles east of Hailey. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the horizon, allowing the distant, jagged silhouette of the Lost River Range to loom like a silent guardian against the deepening blue of the sky. To the west, the land yields to the rugged, sun-bleached contours of Braithwaite Canyon, while the modest, seasonal flow of Ferris Slough meanders through the low ground two miles away, offering a rare, thin ribbon of moisture to the thirsty soil. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised intensity, casting long, violet shadows across the flat expanse and turning the dry earth into a field of glowing copper embers.

Butte City maintains a modest pace of life, deeply tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding agricultural landscape and the stewardship of the land. Nearby, the Idaho Department of Lands manages the surrounding acreage, ensuring that the legacy of the region’s sparse, rugged terrain remains undisturbed by the frantic pace of more crowded territories. Economic life in Butte City is lean and industrious, favoring the hard-won gains of dryland farming and the quiet maintenance of local infrastructure over the artifice of growth. There is a profound, stoic beauty in the way the residents navigate the seasons, their daily movements measured against the immense, unchanging presence of the high plains. Here, the history of the place is not written in monuments but in the persistent, weathered fences and the enduring patience of those who have chosen to settle where the horizon remains wide enough to encompass the entire sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

USS Hawkbill Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 303° NW
Uss S-27 (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 303° NW
C. A. Bottolfsen (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 296° NW
Craters Of The Moon National Monument (National Monument) — 6.2 mi, 216° SW · 806k acres
Craters of the Moon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 217° SW · 412k acres
Great Rift Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.6 mi, 217° SW · 382k acres
Challis National Forest (National Forest) — 9.0 mi, 000° N · 2.5M acres
Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.1 mi, 298° NW · 26k acres
Lava Field (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 206° SW
Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.0 mi, 229° SW · 43k acres
Natural Arch (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 228° SW
Scenic Overlook Craters of the Moon (Viewpoint) — 18.2 mi, 238° SW
Tepee Circles (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 231° SW
Bridge of Tears (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 211° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 237° SW
Lava Trees (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 226° SW
Targhee National Forest (National Forest) — 24.8 mi, 040° NE · 1.6M acres
Main Theater (Cinema) — 27.9 mi, 319° NW
Dry Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 39.0 mi, 336° NW · 4,061 acres
The Butterfly Haven (Nature Reserve) — 45.0 mi, 132° SE
Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns (Historic Ruins) — 48.5 mi, 004° N
Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 49.8 mi, 307° NW · 120k acres
Camas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.8 mi, 066° NE · 22k acres
Bingham County Historical Museum (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 122° SE
Sawtooth National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 57.9 mi, 288° W · 754k acres
The Virginia Theater (Theatre) — 58.3 mi, 105° E
Not Even Once (Public Artwork) — 58.7 mi, 106° E
Pugsslane Alley (Gallery) — 60.9 mi, 097° E
East Idaho Aquarium (Aquarium) — 61.6 mi, 096° E

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