Smelterville Idaho Map

About Smelterville, Idaho

Smelterville is a locality in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 670. The population density is 845.4 people per km². Smelterville is located at 47.5427°N, 116.1816°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Smelterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83868.

Smelterville emerges from the valley floor where the persistent, cold currents of Grouse Creek carve a narrow path through the earth. It lies 29.4 miles east-southeast of Coeur d'Alene, ID (from Coeur d'Alene, ID: bearing 108°T), and is situated 2.9 miles west of Kellogg. The landscape surrounding Smelterville is defined by the steep, shadowed incline of McLeod Hill, which rises abruptly to the south, casting long, bruised purples across the basin as the afternoon light wanes. To the north, the terrain gives way to the rugged, timbered reaches of the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, while the nearby Government Gulch serves as a stark reminder of the geological theater that shaped this rocky corridor. The air here holds a crisp, metallic weight, cooling rapidly once the sun slips behind the ridgeline, leaving the ground to exhale the day’s stored warmth into the quiet, darkening atmosphere.

History in Smelterville remains etched into the soil, a legacy of extraction and industry that once dictated the pulse of every household. Where heavy machinery and the labor of the mines formerly dominated the horizon, the Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes now provides a paved artery for cyclists and wanderers, repurposing the old rail lines into a corridor of transit and leisure. Life in Smelterville moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, reflecting a transition from the intense, clattering commerce of the past to a quieter existence defined by the rhythm of the seasons. Residents look toward the distant, untamed hills or travel the four miles to Holmes Trail, finding a persistent, rugged beauty in a landscape that has been weathered by time but remains fiercely, undeniably itself.

About This Smelterville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smelterville, Idaho. Coordinates: 47.542699, -116.181556. 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 Smelterville includes the ZIP code (83868), telephone area code (208, 986), county seat of Shoshone County (Wallace), and school district assignment (Kellogg Joint School District 391).

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.