Explore Marsing, 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 Marsing, 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 Marsing.
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 | Marsing |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Owyhee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 43.545436 |
| Longitude | -116.813196 |
| Population | 1,229 |
| Density | 696.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83639 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Murphy |
| School District | Marsing Joint School District 363 |
Marsing anchors the broad, sun-bleached expanse of the high desert where the sagebrush yields to the deliberate geometry of irrigated fields. It lies 10.3 miles southwest of Caldwell, ID (from Caldwell, ID: bearing 218°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southeast of Homedale. The air here holds a thin, crystalline clarity, sharpening the silhouette of Pickle Butte as it rises abruptly from the flat earth like a dark, geological afterthought. To the east, the Snake River carves a deep, serpentine path through the volcanic basalt, its presence marked by a ribbon of riparian green that contrasts against the austere, gray-toned dust of the surrounding plateau. The light at dusk settles heavy and amber over the sage, turning the horizon into a muted spectrum of violet and ochre, while the silence of the open plain remains unbroken save for the low, dry rattle of wind through the bunchgrass.
Marsing draws its character from the rhythms of the earth, serving as a quiet outpost for the agricultural labor that sustains the valley’s livelihood. The economy remains rooted in the soil, defined by the seasonal pulse of harvest and the cultivation of crops that thrive in the arid heat, supported by the proximity of the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge and the irrigation diverted from the Snake River. Beyond the fields, the legacy of early homesteaders lingers in the unpretentious architecture and the steadfast, measured pace of those who work the land. While the distant, shimmering surface of Lake Lowell glints in the periphery of the region, the life of the place stays focused on the immediate, tangible labor of the farm and the enduring, stark beauty of the basalt plains that define the local perspective.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marsing, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.545436, -116.813196. 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 Marsing includes the ZIP code (83639), telephone area code (208), county seat of Owyhee County (Murphy), and school district assignment (Marsing Joint School District 363).
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. |