Boulder Utah Map

About Boulder, Utah

Boulder is a locality in Garfield County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 227. The population density is 4.2 people per km². Boulder is located at 37.9228°N, 111.4318°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Boulder is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 84716.

Boulder occupies a high, arid expanse where the earth breaks into deep, sun-bleached fissures and Nazer Draw cuts a persistent scar across the desert floor. It lies 90.8 miles east of Cedar City, UT (from Cedar City, UT: bearing 79°T), and is situated 69.6 miles south-southeast of Richfield. The landscape is dominated by the stark, vertical presence of Balancing Rock, which stands as a silent sentinel over the dry, sage-dotted plains that define the horizon. A mile away, the persistent trickle of Boulder Creek provides the only consistent rhythm to a terrain otherwise defined by the stillness of the heat and the sharp, thin clarity of the high-altitude air. Light here does not merely touch the ground; it accumulates against the sandstone, turning the evening shadows into pools of bruised violet that deepen as the sun dips below the rugged, empty skyline.

Boulder remains a place where the weight of antiquity presses into the present, anchored by the remnants of prehistoric masonry at Anasazi State Park. Life in Boulder moves with the deliberate pace of a high-desert settlement, far removed from the dense, forested canopy of Dixie National Forest or the distant, shimmering surface of Bear Lake. The local economy persists through a quiet endurance, drawing travelers who seek the rugged isolation of the Indian Trail or the austere beauty of the surrounding wilderness. Residents here navigate a life dictated by the seasons and the scarcity of water, maintaining a culture that values the solitary, unadorned reality of a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the passage of time.

About This Boulder Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boulder, Utah. Coordinates: 37.922759, -111.431833. 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 Boulder includes the ZIP code (84716), telephone area code (801), county seat of Garfield County (Panguitch), and school district assignment (Garfield 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.