Sweetwater Idaho Map

About Sweetwater, Idaho

Sweetwater is a locality in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 155. The population density is 50.2 people per km². Sweetwater is located at 46.3724°N, 116.7929°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 83540.

Sweetwater claims its space upon a landscape of weathered bunchgrass and undulating prairie, where the silver ribbon of Lapwai Creek carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 11.1 miles east-southeast of Lewiston, ID (from Lewiston, ID: bearing 106°T), and is situated 13.9 miles east of Clarkston Heights-Vineland. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the horizon, where the distant, rounded rise of Thunder Hill serves as a solitary sentinel against the pale sky. To the west, the land descends toward the deeper impressions of Garden Gulch, a terrain defined by arid stretches and the quiet endurance of scrub brush. As dusk gathers, the light plays across the dry, golden stalks of the field, turning the entire expanse of Sweetwater into a study of amber and deepening gray, silent save for the low, consistent rush of the creek bed nearby.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the seasons have long directed the pulse of Sweetwater, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tied to the temperament of the soil. History here is marked by the steady, modest labor of those who worked the land, leaving behind a legacy of resilient homesteads that sit low to the ground, braced against the wind. Residents often look toward the nearby Clearwater River, a protected corridor that offers a more verdant counterpoint to the surrounding plains, providing a vital connection to the wider natural heritage of the region. Life in Sweetwater proceeds with a deliberate pace, unburdened by artifice, where the primary concerns remain the health of the harvest and the slow, seasonal transition of the light across the vast, open plains.

About This Sweetwater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sweetwater, Idaho. Coordinates: 46.372386, -116.792928. 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 Sweetwater includes the ZIP code (83540), telephone area code (208), county seat of Nez Perce County (Lewiston), and school district assignment (Lapwai School District 341).

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.