Explore Homedale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Homedale, 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 Homedale.
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 | Homedale |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Owyhee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 43.617658 |
| Longitude | -116.93376 |
| Population | 2,881 |
| Density | 787.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83628 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Murphy |
| School District | Homedale Joint School District 370 |
Homedale marks a point of quiet transition where the arid, sun-bleached plains of the Mountain West meet the persistent, life-giving flow of the Snake River. It lies 12.7 miles west-southwest of Caldwell, ID (from Caldwell, ID: bearing 256°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-southwest of Wilder. The landscape consists of expansive, open stretches of sagebrush and cultivated earth, defined by a clarity of light that makes every fence line and furrowed field stand out in sharp, high-contrast detail. To the horizon, the silhouette of Rattlesnake Butte breaks the flat expanse, while the proximity of Homedale City Park offers a modest, shaded reprieve of green grass and mature trees against the vast, dry surrounding desert. The air here holds a distinct, metallic sharpness at dawn, cooling the skin before the day’s heat rises to shimmer over the rows of crops.
Homedale grew from the necessity of harnessing the river, evolving into an agricultural center that draws its vitality from the deep, dark soil of the surrounding valley. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the seasonal demands of onion and potato fields dictating the pulse of daily activity. History lingers in the quiet, sturdy architecture of the older storefronts, reflecting a legacy of resilience shaped by the labor of homesteaders who carved a living out of the high desert. While Lake Lowell lies ten miles to the east, the true character of the region is defined by the steady, persistent movement of the Snake River, which sustains the orchards and fields that define the livelihood of those who call Homedale their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Homedale, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.617658, -116.93376. 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 Homedale includes the ZIP code (83628), telephone area code (208), county seat of Owyhee County (Murphy), and school district assignment (Homedale Joint School District 370).
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. |