Explore Rockland, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rockland, 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 Rockland.
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 | Rockland |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Power County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 42.573247 |
| Longitude | -112.877213 |
| Population | 242 |
| Density | 333.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83271 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | American Falls |
| School District | Rockland School District 382 |
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.
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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).
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. |