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White Bird Idaho Map

Explore White Bird, 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.

Interactive Map of White Bird, Idaho

How to Use This White Bird, Idaho Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for White Bird, 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 White Bird.

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	White Bird
State	Idaho (ID)
County	Idaho County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	45.761551
Longitude	-116.300697
Population	83
Density	493.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	83554
Area Code	208
County Seat	Grangeville
School District	Mountain View School District 244

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About White Bird, Idaho

White Bird is a locality in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 493.0 people per km². White Bird is located at 45.7616°N, 116.3007°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. White Bird is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83554.

White Bird occupies a deep, narrow trench where the earth seems to have parted to make room for the persistent, rhythmic flow of White Bird Creek. It lies 56.8 miles southeast of Lewiston, ID (from Lewiston, ID: bearing 143°T), and is situated 14.3 miles southwest of Grangeville. The landscape is defined by rugged, sun-bleached slopes that rise sharply from the valley floor, their surfaces textured with stubborn bunchgrass and the occasional skeleton of a cedar tree. To the east, the distant summits of the Bitterroot Range shimmer against the horizon like a faint, jagged promise of higher ground, while the immediate geography is marked by the steep, shadowed creases of Baker Gulch. Only three miles away, the quiet surface of Swartz Pond reflects the high, hard light of the inland sky, providing a rare, still counterpoint to the restless movement of the local waterways that carve through this arid, dramatic terrain.

White Bird holds the weight of a complex history, its soil having witnessed the echoes of conflict and the quiet perseverance of those who carved a living from the canyon’s edge. The local economy remains tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from ranching and the seasonal cycles of agriculture that define the pace of life in this isolated corridor. Visitors and locals alike find their way to the Lower Salmon River Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a nearby expanse that preserves the raw, unadorned character of the canyon’s precipitous banks. Life here moves in accordance with the shifting intensity of the sun, and there is a distinct, quiet dignity in the way White Bird maintains its solitude, indifferent to the hurried progress of the wider world beyond the canyon walls.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Salmon River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.8 mi, 270° W
Lower Salmon River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.9 mi, 239° SW · 35k acres
Upper Salmon River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.5 mi, 211° SW
Nez Perce National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 3.3 mi, 191° S · 93 acres
Nezperce National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 075° E · 2.2M acres
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 240° SW · 662k acres
Shorts Bar Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 002° N
Pittsburg Landing Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 213° SW
Cooper's Ferry / Nipéhe (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 335° NW
Wallowa National Forest (National Forest) — 11.5 mi, 261° W · 1.0M acres
Snowhole Rapids Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.8 mi, 330° NW · 6,474 acres
Hells Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.9 mi, 230° SW · 218k acres
Pittsburg Rockart Interpertive Site (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 221° SW
Snake, Idaho And Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.3 mi, 222° SW · 17k acres
Snake River National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 12.7 mi, 218° SW · 175 acres
Gospel-Hump Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.0 mi, 121° SE · 206k acres
Kirkwood Ranch Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 216° SW
Deep Creek Massacre (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 274° W
Buckskin Bill's Cabin (Museum) — 46.9 mi, 121° SE
B 23 Crash Site (Monument) — 47.2 mi, 152° SE
Lapwai State Game Farm (Nature Reserve) — 48.7 mi, 331° NW
Clearwater Museum (Museum) — 50.1 mi, 003° N
Aspen Grove Gallery (Gallery) — 52.9 mi, 238° SW
Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center (Museum) — 52.9 mi, 238° SW
Spirit of Joseph Bronze Monument (Monument) — 52.9 mi, 238° SW
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center (Museum) — 53.1 mi, 238° SW
All Around Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 53.1 mi, 238° SW
Phinney Gallery (Gallery) — 53.1 mi, 238° SW
Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch (Attraction) — 53.2 mi, 239° SW
Riverside Day Use Area (Attraction) — 55.1 mi, 233° SW

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