Downey Idaho Map
Explore Downey, 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 Downey, Idaho
How to Use This Downey, Idaho Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Downey, 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 Downey.
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 | Downey |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Bannock County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 42.42853 |
| Longitude | -112.124407 |
| Population | 571 |
| Density | 225.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83234 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Pocatello |
| School District | Marsh Valley Joint School District 21 |
About Downey, Idaho
Downey is a locality in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 571. The population density is 225.4 people per km². Downey is located at 42.4285°N, 112.1244°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Downey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83234.Downey occupies a stretch of high, sage-dusted earth where the horizon pulls wide and empty against the pale, thin sky of the Mountain West. It lies 34.7 miles south-southeast of Pocatello, ID (from Pocatello, ID: bearing 152°T), and is situated 17.6 miles north-northeast of Malad City. Marsh Creek meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its presence marked by a subtle shift in the vegetation where grasses thicken and deepen in color. To the east, the rugged silhouette of Cottonwood Peak stands as a sentinel over the arid plains, while the distant, shadowed folds of Mines Canyon suggest the slow, persistent work of erosion across the basin. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity, carrying the scent of dry earth and sun-baked bunchgrass that persists long after the light has begun to fail, painting the fields in shades of ochre and bruised violet.
Downey maintains a quiet constancy, rooted in an economy that draws its strength from the cycles of the soil and the endurance of its residents. The nearby expanse of Caribou National Forest offers a vast, forested backdrop to a life defined by the seasonal rhythms of agriculture and the steady, unadorned labor of the high desert. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the waters of Deep Creek Reservoir wait in the distance, a singular point of stillness in the rugged topography. Life in Downey moves with the deliberative pace of a place that understands the gravity of the seasons, where the persistence of human effort is measured against the immense, quiet indifference of the surrounding terrain.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Caribou National Forest (National Forest) — 4.8 mi, 165° S · 986k acres
- Downey Watershed Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.2 mi, 046° NE
- Red Rock Pass (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 143° SE
- Hawkins Reservoir Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 297° NW
- The Bull (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 023° NE
- Petticoat Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.3 mi, 026° NE · 11k acres
- Oneida Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 200° S
- Weston Reservoir Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 180° S
- Bear River Massacre Interpretive Center (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 150° SE
- Bear River Massacre Site (Registered Battlefield) — 22.7 mi, 151° SE
- Cache National Forest (National Forest) — 23.2 mi, 103° E · 700k acres
- Hirschi's Haunted Hollow (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 153° SE
- Franklin County World War II Memorial (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 151° SE
- Curlew National Grassland (National Grassland) — 27.2 mi, 229° SW · 48k acres
- Telegraph Lookout (Viewpoint) — 29.8 mi, 121° SE
- Museum of Clean (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 332° NW
- Pocatello Model Railroad and Historical Society (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 331° NW
- Lewiston Community Theatre (Cinema) — 34.2 mi, 156° SE
- Formation springs nature preserve (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 057° NE
- Mount Naomi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.6 mi, 146° SE · 45k acres
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About This Downey Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Downey, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.42853, -112.124407. 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 Downey includes the ZIP code (83234), telephone area code (208), county seat of Bannock County (Pocatello), and school district assignment (Marsh Valley Joint School District 21).
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. |
