Mountain Home AFB Idaho Map
Explore Mountain Home AFB, 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.
Interactive Map of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
How to Use This Mountain Home AFB, Idaho Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain Home AFB, 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 Mountain Home AFB.
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 | Mountain Home AFB |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Elmore County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 43.0496 |
| Longitude | -115.8655 |
| Population | 3,191 |
| Density | 123.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 83648 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Mountain Home |
| School District | Mountain Home School District 193 |
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.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Morley Nelson Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 340° N · 601k acres
- C.J. Strike Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 188° S
- C. J. Strike Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 180° S · 3,098 acres
- Community Wall (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 057° NE
- Bruneau Dunes State Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 141° SE
- Ted Trueblood Wildlife Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 258° W
- Snake River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.5 mi, 120° SE · 36k acres
- Bruneau River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.3 mi, 161° S · 16k acres
- Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.6 mi, 161° S · 95k acres
- Big Jacks Creek Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.1 mi, 197° S · 57k acres
- Boise National Forest (National Forest) — 24.0 mi, 031° NE · 2.6M acres
- Bruneau Overlook (Viewpoint) — 26.6 mi, 158° S
- King Hill Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.3 mi, 069° E · 30k acres
- Benjamin Priest Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 31.7 mi, 301° NW
- Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 33.4 mi, 058° NE · 1.8M acres
- Steve Appleton Memorial (Monument) — 36.0 mi, 337° NW
- Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Theatre) — 37.6 mi, 341° N
- Oregon Trail marker (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 338° N
- Art Source Gallery (Gallery) — 40.1 mi, 334° NW
- Boise B (Monument) — 40.5 mi, 340° N
- Historic Broadway Block (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 336° NW
- Idaho museum of mining and geology (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 339° N
- Kuna History Center (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 318° NW
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station (Historic Ruins) — 41.4 mi, 188° S
- The Benjamin Victor Gallery (Gallery) — 41.7 mi, 336° NW
- The Flicks (Cinema) — 42.4 mi, 336° NW
- Capitol Contemporary Gallery (Gallery) — 42.5 mi, 336° NW
- BoDo CINEMA (Cinema) — 42.5 mi, 336° NW
- Idaho Film Society (Theatre) — 43.0 mi, 337° NW
- Idaho Aquarium (Aquarium) — 43.5 mi, 332° NW
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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).
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. |
