Rockland Idaho Map

About Rockland, Idaho

Rockland is a locality in Power County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 242. The population density is 333.7 people per km². Rockland is located at 42.5732°N, 112.8772°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Rockland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83271.

Rockland defines the quiet expanse of the high desert, where the East Fork Rock Creek carves a persistent, silver thread through the parched basin. It lies 30.1 miles southwest of Pocatello, ID (from Pocatello, ID: bearing 227°T), and is situated 14.7 miles south of American Falls. The landscape around Rockland opens into a wide, sage-dusted prairie that tilts toward the distant profile of Mollys Nipple, a solitary landmark that anchors the horizon under a sky of uncompromising, thin blue. Only a mile away, the rugged topography of East Fork Canyon breaks the monotony of the flats, offering a stark contrast to the low-slung, golden grasses that shimmer in the intense, clear light of midday. During the quiet hours of dusk, the air cools rapidly, carrying the scent of dry earth and mineral dust as the shadows stretch long and sharp across the Idaho terrain.

Agriculture serves as the primary pulse of Rockland, with irrigation and dry-land farming dictating the seasonal migration of labor and machinery across the valley floor. The Idaho Department of Lands manages the surrounding acreage, ensuring that the intersection of wild sagebrush and cultivated fields maintains a balance essential to the local economy. Though the proximity of Lake Walcott, nine miles distant, provides a rare reservoir of stillness in an otherwise arid region, the daily life of Rockland remains firmly rooted in the cycles of the soil and the resilience of those who tend it. History here is quiet, preserved in the weathered wood of original structures and the enduring patterns of a settlement that has long favored the steady, predictable rhythms of the plains over the clamor of more crowded places.

About This Rockland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockland, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.573247, -112.877213. 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 Rockland includes the ZIP code (83271), telephone area code (208), county seat of Power County (American Falls), and school district assignment (Rockland School District 382).

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.