Gooding Idaho Map

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.

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).

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.