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Gooding Idaho Map

Explore Gooding, 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 Gooding, Idaho

How to Use This Gooding, Idaho Map

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

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.

CityGooding
StateIdaho (ID)
CountyGooding County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Boise)
Latitude42.938792
Longitude-114.713108
Population3,707
Density942.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code83330
Area Code208
County SeatGooding
School DistrictGooding Joint School District 231

About Gooding, Idaho

Gooding is a locality in Gooding County, Idaho, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,707. The population density is 942.9 people per km². Gooding is located at 42.9388°N, 114.7131°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Gooding is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83330.

Gooding stretches across the high, arid expanse of the Idaho plains, defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the Little Wood River as it carves a path through the sagebrush and dry earth. It lies 17.8 miles north-northwest of Jerome, ID (from Jerome, ID: bearing 326°T), and is situated 11.3 miles north of Wendell. The horizon is punctuated by the solitary silhouette of Gooding Butte, a volcanic sentinel rising from the flatlands that catch the hard, unfiltered clarity of the desert sun. At the center of the local landscape, West Park offers a quiet contrast to the surrounding scrub, providing a small, cultivated patch of green where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the faint, dusty scent of high-desert bunchgrass. In the distance, the earth shifts toward the deeper, more dramatic fissures of Malad Gorge, while the irrigation lines that spider-web across the fields speak to a landscape that relies entirely on the disciplined channeling of water to survive.

Agriculture dictates the rhythm of life in Gooding, where the legacy of early homesteaders lingers in the irrigation canals and the vast, geometric patterns of the surrounding fields. The economy remains anchored to the soil, with the daily movement of farm equipment and the seasonal cycle of harvest serving as the primary clock for those who live and work here. While Bliss Reservoir sits quietly thirteen miles away, the lifeblood of the locality remains the river, a constant companion that has shaped the settlement’s steady, pragmatic character. The town maintains a measured pace, a place where the social fabric is reinforced by the shared demands of a rural climate and the quiet endurance required to thrive in a region defined by its wide, open spaces and the vast, unblinking sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • West Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 200° S
  • East Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 066° NE
  • Dog Creek Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 345° N
  • Sikes Act Wildlife Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 084° E
  • Mckinney Butte Research Natural Area / Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.8 mi, 313° NW
  • Thousand Springs State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 235° SW
  • Viewpoint 1 (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 236° SW
  • Shoshone Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.8 mi, 069° E · 6,783 acres
  • Snake River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.8 mi, 239° SW · 36k acres
  • Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.1 mi, 357° N · 17k acres
  • Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 230° SW
  • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 12.4 mi, 234° SW · 4,364 acres
  • Hagerman Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 210° SW · 1,397 acres
  • Shoshone Showhouse (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 091° E
  • Blue Heart Spings (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 201° S
  • Historic Oregon Trail 1840-1860 (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 225° SW
  • Jerome County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 146° SE
  • IB Perrine Monument (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 151° SE
  • Evel Knievel Monument (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 151° SE
  • Twin Falls County Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 162° S
  • Well Water Drill Rig (Historic Ruins) — 27.4 mi, 161° S
  • Herrett Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 153° SE
  • CSI Tower (Monument) — 27.5 mi, 154° SE
  • Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 28.4 mi, 351° N · 1.8M acres
  • Shoshone Falls (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 146° SE
  • Military Police Building (Historic Ruins) — 29.6 mi, 127° SE
  • Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 205° SW
  • Community Wall (Public Artwork) — 51.3 mi, 285° W
  • Minidoka County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 112° E
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 68.4 mi, 058° NE

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About This Gooding Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gooding, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.938792, -114.713108. 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 Gooding includes the ZIP code (83330), telephone area code (208), county seat of Gooding County (Gooding), and school district assignment (Gooding Joint School District 231).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.