Explore Clark Fork, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clark Fork, 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 Clark Fork.
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 | Clark Fork |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Bonner County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 48.145205 |
| Longitude | -116.175731 |
| Population | 513 |
| Density | 201.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83811 |
| Area Code | 208, 986 |
| County Seat | Sandpoint |
| School District | Lake Pend Oreille School District 84 |
Clark Fork occupies a narrow, rugged corridor where the landscape tilts toward the water and the shadows of Antelope Mountain loom large over the eastern skyline. It lies 38.5 miles northeast of Hayden, ID (from Hayden, ID: bearing 47°T), and is situated 19.6 miles east-southeast of Sandpoint. Mosquito Creek cuts a persistent, gravel-lined path through the land, its cold, clear pulse feeding the lower drainages before the terrain levels off toward the vast expanse of Lake Pend Oreille. The air here holds a thin, metallic clarity, sharpened by the proximity of high, timbered slopes and the dense understory that creeps down from the northern reaches. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light flattens against the valley floor, turning the grasses a muted, brittle gold and catching the edges of the distant, rising ridges that define the horizon.
Clark Fork carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of timber and the slow, steady persistence of labor in a land that does not yield easily. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the woods and the nearby Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area, where the land is preserved as a sanctuary for migratory birds and elk rather than commerce. While the influence of the Kaniksu National Forest is felt in the vast, silent reaches of the surrounding wilderness, the daily life of the locality is defined by the modest pace of those who work the land or travel toward the Alpine Trail for a respite in the high country. Beyond the quiet streets, McQuade Gulch acts as a reminder of the rugged, unyielding topography that shapes every boundary of the settlement.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clark Fork, Idaho. Coordinates: 48.145205, -116.175731. 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 Clark Fork includes the ZIP code (83811), telephone area code (208, 986), county seat of Bonner County (Sandpoint), and school district assignment (Lake Pend Oreille School District 84).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |