Amalga Utah Map

About Amalga, Utah

Amalga is a locality in Cache County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 482. The population density is 53.4 people per km². Amalga is located at 41.8610°N, 111.8958°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Amalga is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 84335.

Amalga unfolds across a flat, expansive basin where the earth seems to hold the sky at a deliberate distance. It lies 3.6 miles west-northwest of Smithfield, UT (from Smithfield, UT: bearing 296°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-northwest of Logan. The Bear River carves a slow, meandering path through these heavy soils, its dark waters providing a quiet pulse to the surrounding fields. Low-lying grasses and cultivated crops stretch toward the horizon, where the distant, jagged silhouette of the Wasatch Range marks the edge of the world. In the cool hours of morning, a thin, spectral mist rises from the riverbed to cling to the fence lines, softening the sharp geometry of the irrigation ditches. Two miles away, the stillness of Cutler Reservoir settles into the landscape, reflecting the heavy, bruised colors of a gathering storm or the pale, thin light of a winter sun.

Amalga carries the weight of a history rooted in the soil, defined by the steady, repetitive labor of those who first broke this ground for agriculture. The rhythm of life here remains tethered to the harvest, with the local economy drawing its sustenance from the fecund earth and the dairy operations that define the valley floor. Travelers passing through may find a brief respite at the Amalga Bear River Access, a quiet threshold where the land offers a moment of reflection before the road continues toward the distant hills. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the terrain rises toward the gentle, folded shadows of Ransom Hollow, a reminder of the rugged expanse that keeps the Cache National Forest at a respectful remove. The character of Amalga is found in this quiet endurance, an existence measured not by the velocity of modern life, but by the slow, seasonal turn of the plow and the inevitable, silent rising of the river.

About This Amalga Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Amalga, Utah. Coordinates: 41.861039, -111.895781. 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 Amalga includes the ZIP code (84335), telephone area code (435), county seat of Cache County (Logan), and school district assignment (Cache School District).

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.