Shoshone County, Idaho Map
Explore Shoshone County, Idaho with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 7 cities and towns in Shoshone County below.
Interactive Map of Shoshone County, Idaho
| County | Shoshone |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County Seat | Wallace |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 47.506711 |
| Longitude | -116.017068 |
| Cities & Towns | 7 |
| Area Codes | 208, 986 |
About Shoshone County, Idaho
Shoshone County occupies a rugged reach of the Idaho Panhandle, where the Bitterroot Range rises in steep, serrated walls to define the border with Montana. The landscape is dominated by narrow, vertical canyons and the swift, cold currents of the Coeur d’Alene River, which carves a restless path through dense stands of western hemlock and cedar. Elevations climb sharply from the valley floors to high, wind-scoured ridges, creating a geography of shadow and sudden verticality. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its glare, turning the mist that clings to the coniferous slopes into a deep, bruised indigo that seems to hold the weight of the coming night.
Shoshone County emerged during the early years of the Idaho Territory, organized as the region’s prospectors and laborers followed the promise of silver into the inaccessible backcountry. The seat of government shifted as the center of gravity moved toward the mineral-rich veins that defined the local ambition and struggle. Early settlers contended with a landscape that did not yield easily, building their lives around the extraction of ore and the clearing of timber. The history of the area is marked by the volatile intersection of labor movements and the harsh demands of industrial work, leaving behind a legacy of communal resilience that lingers in the quiet, sturdy architecture of the older streets.
Industry remains a persistent pulse in the region, though the focus has broadened from the intensity of the mines to the seasonal rhythms of forestry and outdoor recreation. The air carries a sharp, metallic scent of pine needles and damp earth, punctuated by the faint, distant hum of equipment moving through the timber. Residents navigate a terrain that demands a certain toughness, living in a place where the winters are long and the snowpack dictates the pace of existence. When the sun slips behind the jagged peaks, the valleys grow dark with a sudden, absolute silence, leaving only the sound of water rushing over stone to mark the passage of the evening.
Cities and Towns in Shoshone County
About This Shoshone County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Shoshone County, Idaho alongside links to detailed street maps for 7 cities and towns. The county seat is Wallace. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
