Explore Spencer, 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 Spencer, 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 Spencer.
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 | Spencer |
| State | Idaho (ID) |
| County | Clark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| Latitude | 44.360467 |
| Longitude | -112.186934 |
| Population | 31 |
| Density | 10.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 83446 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| County Seat | Dubois |
| School District | Clark County School District 161 |
Spencer occupies a high-desert expanse where the crystalline light of the mountain west clarifies every contour of the sage-brushed earth. It lies 41.9 miles north-northwest of Rexburg, ID (from Rexburg, ID: bearing 332°T), and is situated 49.4 miles north-northwest of Rigby. Beaver Creek carves a persistent, life-giving path through the arid basin, its waters cooling the base of Beacon Hill as it rises sharply toward the sky. The landscape is defined by the rugged geometry of Huntley Canyon, which opens into a vast, silent floor where the wind moves with an insistent, dry rhythm. To the north, the sprawling acreage of Targhee National Forest serves as a dark, evergreen border against the pale, sun-bleached horizon. At dusk, the colors of the ground shift from dusty ochre to a deep, bruised violet, leaving the atmosphere thin and impossibly quiet under the emerging stars.
Spencer earns its distinct character as a gateway to the earth’s hidden mineral wealth, having long been defined by the trade of opal mining that draws prospectors to the seams of the surrounding hills. This industry provides a steady, singular pulse to the local economy, separating the daily labor of the residents from the more common agricultural pursuits found across the wider plains. Travelers often pause here to seek out the local treasures, occasionally venturing toward the quiet expanse of Threemile Reservoir or testing their resolve on the Huntley Canyon Trail. Life here follows the slow, deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, grounded in the hard, practical reality of the high plateau and the enduring patience of those who work the stone.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spencer, Idaho. Coordinates: 44.360467, -112.186934. 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 Spencer includes the ZIP code (83446), telephone area code (208), county seat of Clark County (Dubois), and school district assignment (Clark County School District 161).
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. |