Fernwood Idaho Map

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.

About This Fernwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fernwood, Idaho. Coordinates: 47.11213, -116.39266. 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 Fernwood includes the ZIP code (83830), telephone area code (208, 986), county seat of Benewah County (St. Maries), and school district assignment (St. Maries Joint School District 41).

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.