Moreland Idaho Map

About Moreland, Idaho

Moreland is a locality in Bingham County, Idaho, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,264. The population density is 200.3 people per km². Moreland is located at 43.2227°N, 112.4425°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. ZIP codes: 83221, 83256.

Moreland occupies a quiet stretch of the high desert plain where the horizon pulls wide and thin against a pale, expansive sky. It lies 5.4 miles west-northwest of Blackfoot, ID (from Blackfoot, ID: bearing 294°T), and is situated 19.4 miles southwest of Shelley. The land here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, marked by the steady, low-slung profiles of sagebrush and the occasional rise of Baldy Knoll looming in the distance. Water moves with quiet intent through the Aberdeen Springfield Canal, a thin ribbon of utility that keeps the surrounding fields from surrendering to the arid pull of the climate. During the transition of dusk, the light loses its harshness, casting a long, violet clarity over the earth that makes the very air feel heavy with the scent of dry soil and cooling basalt.

Agriculture remains the singular, pulsing rhythm of Moreland, where the labor of generations is written into the deep, fertile furrows of the fields. The economy depends on the patient cultivation of the earth, a cycle that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the days and the shared quietude of those who work the land. While the American Falls Reservoir lies miles away as a mirror to the sky, the true life of the region is found in the maintenance of irrigation and the seasonal harvest that sustains the local character. Nearby, the Cherry Plant Access Site offers a rare bit of uncultivated quiet, providing a space where the stillness of the plains is interrupted only by the rustle of grass and the occasional, distant call of a hawk circling above the vast, open expanse.

About This Moreland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moreland, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.222692, -112.44248. 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 Moreland includes the ZIP code (83221, 83256), telephone area code (208), county seat of Bingham County (Blackfoot), and school district assignment (Snake River School District 52).

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.