Wardner Idaho Map

About Wardner, Idaho

Wardner is a locality in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 85.0 people per km². Wardner is located at 47.5227°N, 116.1341°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Wardner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83837.

Wardner occupies a steep, narrow corridor where the earth seems to have buckled upward in a desperate reach toward the sky. It lies 32.0 miles east-southeast of Coeur d'Alene, ID (from Coeur d'Alene, ID: bearing 109°T), and is situated 1.3 miles south-southwest of Kellogg. Milo Creek carves a persistent path through the base of the canyon, its waters reflecting the gray, somber light that filters down into the depths of Slaughterhouse Gulch. Above the weathered foundations, the jagged prominence of Haystack Peak commands the skyline, casting long, sharp shadows that dictate the rhythm of the afternoon. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the surrounding slopes that rise abruptly to meet the thin, cold atmosphere of the high country.

Wardner persists as a testament to the extraction of deep-earth wealth, its identity shaped by the heavy legacy of silver mining that once defined the labor of generations. Though the clamor of the industry has long since quieted, the remnants of that era cling to the terrain like iron filings to a magnet. Residents find quietude within the borders of Gouneilmen'S Park, a space that serves as a terrestrial anchor amid the rugged, vertical landscape. Those who seek the solitude of the high ridges often traverse the Holmes Trail, moving through a land where the human imprint remains modest and sparse, dwarfed by the sheer, unyielding geology that stretches toward the distant, forested expanse of the Coeur d'Alene National Forest.

About This Wardner Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wardner, Idaho. Coordinates: 47.522701, -116.134055. 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 Wardner includes the ZIP code (83837), 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.