Mountain Home AFB Idaho Map

About Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Mountain Home AFB is a locality in Elmore County, Idaho, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,191. The population density is 123.5 people per km². Mountain Home AFB is located at 43.0496°N, 115.8655°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. ZIP code: 83648.

Mountain Home AFB dominates the high, arid expanse of the high desert, where the earth is defined by wide horizons and the persistent, scrubby resilience of sagebrush. It lies 10.5 miles west-southwest of Mountain Home, ID (from Mountain Home, ID: bearing 237°T), and is situated 42.5 miles south-southeast of Boise. The landscape around Mountain Home AFB stretches in a vast, sun-bleached mosaic toward the distant silhouette of the Mount Bennett Hills, their rugged profiles anchoring the eastern skyline against a sky of startling, thin-aired clarity. Nearby, the land yields to the subtle topography of the Idaho Department of Lands, where the ground remains quiet and exposed, marked by the volcanic character of a region shaped by ancient basalt flows and the slow, grinding patience of the wind. As evening approaches, the light thins and turns a pale, bruised violet, casting long shadows that emphasize the stark, unadorned geometry of the plains.

History here is written in the rapid transformation of the high desert into a strategic sentinel, a legacy that sustains the local economy through the focused, high-velocity rhythms of aviation and military maintenance. The presence of the Snake River and the nearby waters of C J Strike Reservoir provides a vital, cooling contrast to the surrounding dryness, offering a reprieve where the deep, riparian greens of the Bruneau Valley seem to gather in the distance. Life in this vicinity moves with the deliberate pace of a place where the elements command respect, balancing the industrial hum of the flight line with the profound, echoing silence of the open prairie. It is a terrain of stark functionality and quiet beauty, where the weight of the sky feels immense and the land itself serves as a constant reminder of the raw, tectonic forces that forged this segment of the West.

About This Mountain Home AFB Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.0496, -115.8655. 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 Mountain Home AFB includes the ZIP code (83648), telephone area code (208), county seat of Elmore County (Mountain Home), and school district assignment (Mountain Home School District 193).

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.