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Fernwood Idaho Map

Explore Fernwood, 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 Fernwood, Idaho

How to Use This Fernwood, Idaho Map

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

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	Fernwood
State	Idaho (ID)
County	Benewah County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.11213
Longitude	-116.39266
Population	337
Density	100.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	83830
Area Code	208, 986
County Seat	St. Maries
School District	St. Maries Joint School District 41

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About Fernwood, Idaho

Fernwood is a locality in Benewah County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 100.7 people per km². Fernwood is located at 47.1121°N, 116.3927°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 83830.

Fernwood anchors itself in a basin of quiet timber and rising slopes where the flow of Finn Creek defines the local pulse. It lies 38.9 miles northeast of Moscow, ID (from Moscow, ID: bearing 47°T), and is situated 16.1 miles south-southeast of St. Maries. Maries. The landscape here is defined by a dense, northern character, where the air holds a permanent, cool weight and the light at dusk turns the shadows of the conifers into deep, bruised charcoal. To the east, the silhouette of Blackwell Hump rises against the sky, a constant, dark presence that dictates the movement of clouds and the path of the wind. Beyond the immediate reach of the valley floor, the terrain climbs into rugged, forested reaches managed by the Idaho Department of Lands, keeping the surrounding wilderness largely to the quiet rhythm of growth and change.

Fernwood maintains a spare, deliberate pace, shaped by a history of logging and the rough labor that carved a living from these thick woods. The local economy remains tethered to the land, drawing from the nearby Emerald Creek Garnet Area where the earth yields its small, dark treasures to those who know how to sift the silt. Life here is not hurried by the noise of modern excess, but rather organized around the seasonal cycles of the timber harvest and the maintenance of the backcountry roads. On clear days, a traveler might head toward the quiet waters of Sly Meadows, but for those who stay, the quietude of Two Eightyone Gulch serves as a reminder of the vast, unpopulated scale that surrounds the daily work of the people who call Fernwood home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St. Joe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.3 mi, 000° N · 868k acres
Lane's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 11.1 mi, 253° W
Hobo Cedar Grove Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 12.5 mi, 098° E
Coeur D'Alene River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 309° NW
Grandmother Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.4 mi, 116° SE · 19k acres
Marble Creek National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 13.9 mi, 087° E · 127 acres
Crystal Lake Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.6 mi, 001° N · 8,919 acres
Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 336° NW
Little North Fork Clearwater River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.9 mi, 095° E · 1,322 acres
Big Creek National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 20.3 mi, 038° NE · 237 acres
Heyburn State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 320° NW
Lund Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.0 mi, 101° E · 1,140 acres
Coeur d'Alene National Forest (National Forest) — 22.1 mi, 341° N · 727k acres
Steam Locomotive W.i.&m.ry.co. 1 (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 242° SW
Coeur d'Alene Tribe Warriors and Veterans Memorial (Public Artwork) — 28.1 mi, 304° NW
The Gallery in Harrison (Gallery) — 29.9 mi, 322° NW
Troy Mining & Milling Co. (Historic Ruins) — 31.4 mi, 207° SW
Wildfire (Monument) — 32.2 mi, 042° NE
Sunshine Miners Memorial (Monument) — 33.0 mi, 029° NE
The Center of the Universe (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 041° NE
Mine Exhibit (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 040° NE
Mining Equipment Displays (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 040° NE
Oasis Bordello Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 041° NE
Tekoa Train Trestle (Attraction) — 33.2 mi, 284° W
Morning Mine Compressor Foundations (Historic Ruins) — 35.5 mi, 046° NE
Captain John Mullan Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 048° NE
McConnell Mansion Museum (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 228° SW
Village Centre Cinemas at Eastside Marketplace (Cinema) — 38.8 mi, 226° SW
Pritchard Art Gallery (Gallery) — 38.9 mi, 228° SW
Kenworthy Theatre (Theatre) — 39.0 mi, 228° SW

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