Clear Creek Utah Map

About Clear Creek, Utah

Clear Creek is a locality in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 22.7 people per km². Clear Creek is located at 39.6458°N, 111.1524°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 84526.

Clear Creek occupies a rugged intersection where the earth yields to the steep, vertical constraints of Barn Canyon. It lies 39.4 miles southeast of Salem, UT (from Salem, UT: bearing 135°T), and is situated 18.5 miles west of Price. Mud Creek carves a path through this narrow corridor, its water cold and relentless as it mirrors the shifting light of a high-altitude sky. To the west, the distant, snow-dusted silhouette of the Wasatch Range anchors the horizon, while the immediate landscape is defined by raw, exposed strata and the sharp scent of sagebrush. The air here carries a thin, crisp quality, particularly as dusk settles, turning the jagged rock faces into shades of deepening violet and charcoal. Within a mile, the protective boundary of the Manti-La Sal National Forest begins, offering a dense, timbered contrast to the austere, sun-bleached slopes that define the immediate surroundings.

Clear Creek remains defined by the echoes of mineral extraction and the slow, persistent labor of those who once sought wealth beneath the surface of these hills. While the industry has receded, the physical footprint of that era remains in the quiet, weathered remnants of infrastructure that cling to the canyon walls. Today, the economy relies on a more tempered relationship with the land, often looking toward the nearby Manti-La Sal National Forest - Manti Division for the stewardship of timber and the maintenance of wilderness access. Four miles to the north, the presence of Electric Lake provides a rare, glassy stillness to the terrain, a stark departure from the rushing motion of the local streams. Life in Clear Creek moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, marked by long winters and the quiet, enduring resilience of a high-desert existence.

About This Clear Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clear Creek, Utah. Coordinates: 39.645797, -111.152394. 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 Clear Creek includes the ZIP code (84526), telephone area code (801, 385), county seat of Carbon County (Price), and school district assignment (Carbon 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.