Owyhee Nevada Map
Explore Owyhee, Nevada, 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 Owyhee, Nevada
How to Use This Owyhee, Nevada Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Owyhee, Nevada. 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 Nevada 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 Owyhee.
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 | Owyhee |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Elko County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.927962 |
| Longitude | -116.21217 |
| Population | 1,027 |
| Density | 1.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89832 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| County Seat | Elko |
| School District | Elko County School District |
About Owyhee, Nevada
Owyhee is a locality in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,027. The population density is 1.8 people per km². Owyhee is located at 41.9280°N, 116.2122°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89832.Owyhee occupies a high, arid expanse where the sagebrush stretches toward the horizon in a muted palette of silver and sage-green. It lies 79.0 miles north-northwest of Elko, NV (from Elko, NV: bearing 347°T), and is situated 93.9 miles west-southwest of Twin Falls. The landscape is defined by the sharp, persistent clarity of the desert light, which softens the rugged silhouette of Prentice Hill three miles to the south and gives the earth a fragile, sun-bleached appearance. A mile away, the Owyhee River cuts a quiet path through the terrain, its waters sustaining the life that clings to this high-desert plateau. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land transitions into the wild, timbered reaches of the Humboldt National Forest seven miles out, where the air grows thin and pine-scented. The sky here possesses a vast, unencumbered quality, often turning a deep, bruised violet as the sun dips behind the distant ridges.
Owyhee serves as a center for the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, a place where the rhythm of life is calibrated by the seasons and the enduring traditions of the Shoshone-Paiute people. The local economy remains tethered to the land, relying on ranching and the careful stewardship of natural resources that have supported families here for generations. Residents might walk the Cleveland Trail, a singular path that traces the history of human movement through this unforgiving yet striking geography. While Sheep Creek Reservoir sits ten miles away as a destination for those seeking the stillness of standing water, the daily life of Owyhee is shaped by the more immediate, intimate geography of Prentice Canyon. There is a profound, quiet dignity in the way the community persists, organized around the school and the shared, unspoken understanding of what it means to belong to such a spare and singular corner of the West.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Humboldt National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 145° SE · 2.4M acres
- Owyhee River Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.0 mi, 322° NW · 271k acres
- Owyhee River Bighorn Sheep Habitat Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 15.0 mi, 322° NW
- Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.0 mi, 239° SW · 22k acres
- Owyhee River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.1 mi, 323° NW · 24k acres
- Juniper Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.0 mi, 317° NW · 1,378 acres
- South Fork Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 22.1 mi, 280° W · 8,104 acres
- Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.3 mi, 037° NE · 95k acres
- Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station (Historic Ruins) — 38.3 mi, 018° N
- Bruneau Overlook (Viewpoint) — 59.5 mi, 027° NE
- Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 77.2 mi, 056° NE
- Caterpillar grader (Monument) — 78.5 mi, 162° S
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument (Monument) — 78.6 mi, 162° S
- Basque Sheepherder (Public Artwork) — 78.8 mi, 162° S
- Chilton Centennial Tower (Monument) — 79.2 mi, 163° S
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About This Owyhee Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Owyhee, Nevada. Coordinates: 41.927962, -116.21217. 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 Owyhee includes the ZIP code (89832), telephone area code (775), county seat of Elko County (Elko), and school district assignment (Elko County School District).
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. |
