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Carey Idaho Map

Explore Carey, 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 Carey, Idaho

How to Use This Carey, Idaho Map

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

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

Latitude	43.307683
Longitude	-113.944752
Population	685
Density	76.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	83320
Area Code	208
County Seat	Hailey
School District	Blaine County School District 61

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About Carey, Idaho

Carey is a locality in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 685. The population density is 76.7 people per km². Carey is located at 43.3077°N, 113.9448°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Carey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83320.

Carey emerges from the high, arid expanse of the Idaho plains as a quiet convergence of sagebrush and wide, open sky. It lies 49.7 miles northeast of Jerome, ID (from Jerome, ID: bearing 36°T), and is situated 19.2 miles southeast of Bellevue. The Little Wood River flows past the edge of the settlement, its current a persistent, silver thread pulling through the dry, volcanic earth. To the east, the silhouette of Queens Crown rises sharply against the horizon, anchoring the landscape with its stoic, stony presence. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the migratory passage of waterfowl and the rustle of bunchgrass. The light here possesses a singular, hard clarity that defines the edges of every fence line and furrow, casting long, violet shadows across the terrain as the sun retreats behind the distant, jagged rim of the world.

History in Carey remains tethered to the rugged demands of high-desert agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily life. The economy draws its strength from the surrounding fields and the livestock that graze the expansive, dusty basins nearby, reflecting a heritage built on persistence and the careful management of water. Residents often look toward the nearby Box Canyon, a stark reminder of the geological forces that shaped this region long before the first homesteads were established. While the Little Wood River Reservoir sits nine miles away as a testament to the necessity of irrigation, the local character is defined by a self-reliant pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the outside world. Life in Carey persists in the quiet labor of the harvest and the steady, unadorned endurance of those who call these plains home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 000° N
Carey Lake Migratory Bird Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 084° E · 650 acres
Craters Of The Moon National Monument (National Monument) — 1.5 mi, 090° E · 806k acres
Craters of the Moon National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 090° E · 412k acres
Raven's Eye Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 1.5 mi, 089° E · 68k acres
Great Rift Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.1 mi, 075° E · 382k acres
Silver Creek East Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 279° W
Preacher Bridge Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 204° SW
Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.6 mi, 087° E · 43k acres
Elk Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.5 mi, 353° N
Shoshone Ice Caves (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 265° W
Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 19.2 mi, 356° N · 1.8M acres
Challis National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 020° N · 2.5M acres
Snowdrift Crater (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 084° E
Inferno Cone Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 21.8 mi, 064° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 061° NE
Lava Trees (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 070° E
Tepee Circles (Historic Ruins) — 23.0 mi, 066° NE
Bridge of the Moon (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 086° E
KECH-FM (Sun Valley) (Monument) — 33.5 mi, 317° NW
Hemingway Memorial (Monument) — 34.3 mi, 325° NW
Shoshone Showhouse (Cinema) — 34.7 mi, 222° SW
C. A. Bottolfsen (Monument) — 39.1 mi, 055° NE
Main Theater (Cinema) — 45.1 mi, 021° N
Gas Station (Historic Ruins) — 45.9 mi, 199° S
Jerome County Historical Museum (Museum) — 49.6 mi, 216° SW
Minidoka County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 162° S
Herrett Museum (Museum) — 56.6 mi, 208° SW
Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center (Museum) — 58.1 mi, 236° SW
Twin Falls County Museum (Museum) — 59.8 mi, 211° SW

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