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Murtaugh Idaho Map

Explore Murtaugh, 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 Murtaugh, Idaho

How to Use This Murtaugh, Idaho Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Murtaugh, 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 Murtaugh.

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	Murtaugh
State	Idaho (ID)
County	Twin Falls County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Boise)

Latitude	42.492414
Longitude	-114.162251
Population	114
Density	195.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	83344
Area Code	208
County Seat	Twin Falls
School District	Murtaugh Joint School District 418

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About Murtaugh, Idaho

Murtaugh is a locality in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 195.6 people per km². Murtaugh is located at 42.4924°N, 114.1623°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Murtaugh is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83344.

Murtaugh stretches across a high, arid expanse where the horizon pulls tight against the sky, defined by the stark, volcanic character of the Idaho plains. It lies 16.0 miles east-southeast of Twin Falls, ID (from Twin Falls, ID: bearing 108°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west of Burley. Dry Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the sagebrush and bunchgrass, its presence felt more in the subtle dip of the topography than in the rush of water. To the west, the silhouette of Hansen Butte rises as a solitary, basalt sentinel, anchoring a landscape where the light at dusk turns the dusty earth into a bruised, metallic gold. Beyond the immediate fields, the vast, distant reaches of Antelope Valley suggest a geography of long, silent distances, while the Sikes Act Wildlife Habitat Area provides a quiet sanctuary for the creatures that favor this austere, open country.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Murtaugh, with irrigation lines drawing a precise, geometric order over the soil to sustain the crops that define the regional economy. The nearby Murtaugh Lake offers a stillness that mirrors the quiet, deliberate pace of life here, where the seasons are marked by the harvest and the biting clarity of the winter air. History is etched into the fence lines and the weathered architecture of the local structures, standing as quiet evidence of those who arrived to cultivate this challenging, windswept terrain. In Murtaugh, the day ends not with fanfare, but with the steady, cooling relief of the mountain wind, leaving the land to settle into the indigo shadows that stretch out from the distant, unseen peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sikes Act Wildlife Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 029° NE
Caldron Linn (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 082° E
Murtaugh Lake Access Site (State Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 192° S
Vineyard Creek Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.0 mi, 305° NW
Vineyard Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.1 mi, 305° NW · 262 acres
Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 180° S · 1.8M acres
Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 145° SE
Root Cellar (Historic Ruins) — 13.5 mi, 343° N
Honor Roll (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 341° N
Reception Building (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 341° N
Shoshone Falls (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 300° NW
Evel Knievel Jump Site (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 299° NW
IB Perrine Monument (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 296° NW
Herrett Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 292° W
CSI Tower (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 291° W
Twin Falls County Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 284° W
Jerome County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 312° NW
Minidoka County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 071° E
Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.7 mi, 026° NE · 16k acres
Salmon Falls Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.8 mi, 250° W · 12k acres
Shoshone Showhouse (Cinema) — 33.1 mi, 338° N
Lava Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 33.1 mi, 345° N · 35k acres
Window Arch (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 142° SE
Blue Heart Spings (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 294° NW
Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.5 mi, 069° E · 5,704 acres
Craters Of The Moon National Monument (National Monument) — 39.1 mi, 036° NE · 806k acres
Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor center (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 302° NW
Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 54.3 mi, 231° SW · 2.4M acres
Silver Horseshoe (Public Artwork) — 69.4 mi, 073° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 73.5 mi, 024° NE

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