Placerville Idaho Map
Explore Placerville, Idaho, with this interactive street and satellite map.
Interactive Map of Placerville, Idaho
| City | Placerville |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Boise County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 43.943227 |
| Longitude | -115.94706 |
| Population | 48 |
| Density | 18.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83666 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Idaho City |
| School District | Basin School District 72 |
About Placerville, Idaho
Placerville is a locality in Boise County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 18.5 people per km². Placerville is located at 43.9432°N, 115.9471°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Placerville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83666.Placerville emerges from the high, rugged terrain where the persistent Woof Creek carves its path through the earth, marking the transition between the quiet basin of Sailor Gulch and the vast expanse of the Boise National Forest. It lies 26.1 miles north-northeast of Boise, ID (from Boise, ID: bearing 29°T), and is situated 31.9 miles northeast of Meridian. The air here holds a crisp, thin clarity, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sawtooth Range, leaving the pines to cast long, indigo shadows across the uneven ground. This landscape is defined by the coarse texture of granite and the scent of dry needles, a place where the earth seems to hold its breath under the immense, unblinking sky of the Mountain West.
Placerville carries the heavy, quiet weight of a gold-rush origin, its history etched into the weathered timber of structures that have survived the relentless cycles of freezing winters and parched summers. While the feverish industry of the early prospectors has long since faded, the regional economy persists through a slow, deliberate connection to the land, far removed from the frantic pace of distant centers. Life in Placerville moves with the cadence of the seasons, a steady rhythm punctuated by the occasional passage of a vehicle on a gravel road or the rustle of wind through the brush. To walk these paths is to recognize a stubborn endurance, a defiance of the slow erosion of time that keeps the spirit of the site as sharp and resilient as the alpine light.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Boise National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 181° S · 2.6M acres
- Boise Basin Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 8.8 mi, 127° SE
- Boise Basin Experimental Area Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 8.8 mi, 127° SE
- The Ribbon Tree (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 145° SE
- The Pioneer Fire of 2016 (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 145° SE
- South Fork Payette Suitable - Recreational River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.5 mi, 342° N · 2,588 acres
- Bogus Basin Ski Area Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 207° SW
- Boise Front Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 18.8 mi, 215° SW
- Boise River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.9 mi, 180° S
- Baird Cabin (Monument) — 23.6 mi, 313° NW
- Above and Below (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 221° SW
- Table Rock Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 25.8 mi, 203° SW
- Idaho Film Society (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 210° SW
- Idaho museum of mining and geology (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 205° SW
- Gallery 601 (Gallery) — 26.1 mi, 210° SW
- BoDo CINEMA (Cinema) — 26.2 mi, 210° SW
- Capitol Contemporary Gallery (Gallery) — 26.2 mi, 209° SW
- The Flicks (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 209° SW
- The Benjamin Victor Gallery (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 208° SW
- Historic Broadway Block (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 207° SW
- Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 198° S
- Idaho Aquarium (Aquarium) — 28.5 mi, 215° SW
- Northwest Science Museum Vision Center (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 220° SW
- Placer & Dredge Mining Prohibition Anadromous Spawning Area (National Conservation Area) — 29.8 mi, 046° NE · 90k acres
- Sawtooth Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.5 mi, 083° E · 218k acres
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 34.5 mi, 083° E · 754k acres
- Sawtooth National Forest (National Forest) — 36.6 mi, 114° SE · 1.8M acres
- The Haunted World (Theme Park) — 36.8 mi, 239° SW
- Branson Hollow (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 255° W
- Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.9 mi, 029° NE · 2.4M acres
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About This Placerville Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Placerville, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.943227, -115.94706. 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 Placerville includes the ZIP code (83666), telephone area code (208), county seat of Boise County (Idaho City), and school district assignment (Basin School District 72).
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 | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
