Donnelly Idaho Map

About Donnelly, Idaho

Donnelly is a locality in Valley County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 134.6 people per km². Donnelly is located at 44.7310°N, 116.0783°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Donnelly is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83615.

Donnelly holds a quiet vigilance over the high valley floor where the persistent, cold pulse of Boulder Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 72.8 miles north of Eagle, ID (from Eagle, ID: bearing 11°T), and is situated 12.5 miles south of McCall. The landscape around Donnelly defines itself by a crisp, thin atmosphere that catches the late afternoon sun, turning the surrounding sage and bunchgrass into a vast, gilded expanse. To the north, the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Salmon River Mountains command the horizon, while the nearby Payette National Forest offers a dense, pine-scented refuge for the wanderer. Only a mile away, the surface of Lake Cascade reflects the shifting gray and blue of the Idaho sky, acting as a glass mirror for the weather that rolls in from the high, open plains.

History in Donnelly remains rooted in the rugged labor of the timber industry and the steady, patient work of those who cultivate the land. The economy persists through a blend of seasonal recreation and the quiet endurance of agriculture, anchored by the nearby expanse of Stover Meadow where the grasses sway in rhythmic, wind-swept waves. Residents often traverse the Donnelly Trail, a route that winds through the quiet timberlands and marks the passage of seasons for those who call this high elevation home. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic speed of the modern world, preferring the solitary stillness of a frost-tipped morning or the deep, resonant silence that settles over the valley when the winter snow begins to fall.

About This Donnelly Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Donnelly, Idaho. Coordinates: 44.730965, -116.078276. 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 Donnelly includes the ZIP code (83615), telephone area code (208), county seat of Valley County (Cascade), and school district assignment (McCall-Donnelly Joint School District 421).

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.