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Fort Duchesne Utah Map

Explore Fort Duchesne, Utah, 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 Fort Duchesne, Utah

How to Use This Fort Duchesne, Utah Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fort Duchesne, Utah. 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 Utah 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 Fort Duchesne.

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	Fort Duchesne
State	Utah (UT)
County	Uintah County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	40.281802
Longitude	-109.877241
Population	546
Density	29.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	84026
Area Code	801, 385
County Seat	Vernal
School District	Uintah School District

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About Fort Duchesne, Utah

Fort Duchesne is a locality in Uintah County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 546. The population density is 29.6 people per km². Fort Duchesne is located at 40.2818°N, 109.8772°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 84026.

Fort Duchesne occupies a sage-dusted expanse where the Uinta River carves a persistent, winding path through the arid basin floor. It lies 20.7 miles southwest of Vernal, UT (from Vernal, UT: bearing 236°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Roosevelt. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the distant Uinta Mountains, which loom forty-four miles away as a jagged, violet silhouette against the sky. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet hollows of Bottle Hollow, where the earth seems to exhale the day’s heat into the cooling evening shadows. Five miles to the east, the stillness of Bullock Draw Reservoir mirrors the stark, wide heavens, while the nearby Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 127 offers a managed sanctuary for the creatures that inhabit these dry, open plains.

History remains a tangible presence in Fort Duchesne, where the remnants of a nineteenth-century military outpost still ground the landscape in a legacy of frontier administration and shifting borders. The economy continues to draw sustenance from the surrounding high-desert rangelands and the complex cultural stewardship of the Ute Indian Tribe, whose enduring influence shapes the rhythm of the locality. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal migrations of the region and the demanding requirements of agriculture, rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. As the sun descends, the light turns a bruised, burnished gold, illuminating the dusty paths and the modest structures that have weathered decades of wind and winter, leaving the land to settle into a profound, enduring silence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Northern Ute Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 355° N
Mallard Springs State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 229° SW
Pariette Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 12.9 mi, 183° S
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 132° SE · 16k acres
Lower Green River (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.8 mi, 158° S
Uintah "U" (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 053° NE
Ashley National Forest (National Forest) — 17.9 mi, 005° N · 1.4M acres
Ashley Karst National Recreation And Geologic Area National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 005° N · 174k acres
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 056° NE
Vernal Theater (Theatre) — 22.0 mi, 057° NE
Veteran Memorial (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 057° NE
3 Kings Panel (mcconkie Ranch ) (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 036° NE
Lion (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 035° NE
Dinah The Pink Dinosaur (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 058° NE
Moonshine arch (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 042° NE
Black Canyon Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 28.9 mi, 027° NE
Duchesne "D" (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 254° W
Tea Pot (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 121° SE
Dinosaur National Monument (National Monument) — 30.2 mi, 070° E · 203k acres
Dinosaur Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.4 mi, 069° E · 181k acres
High Uintas Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.2 mi, 338° N · 454k acres
Split Mountain Anticline (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 070° E
Desolation Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 35.3 mi, 187° S · 163k acres
Wasatch National Forest (National Forest) — 37.7 mi, 345° N · 914k acres
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 40.2 mi, 016° N · 201k acres
John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM) (Museum) — 56.3 mi, 040° NE
Browns Park Waterfowl Area (Nature Reserve) — 56.7 mi, 042° NE
Rangely Automotive Museum (Museum) — 58.1 mi, 103° E
Nature (Theatre) — 60.8 mi, 300° NW
Boxcar Gallery (Gallery) — 66.2 mi, 232° SW

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