Glenwood Utah Map

About Glenwood, Utah

Glenwood is a locality in Sevier County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 474. The population density is 351.3 people per km². Glenwood is located at 38.7633°N, 111.9902°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Glenwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 84730.

Glenwood anchors itself firmly within the quiet, arid expanse of the high desert, where the persistent flow of Mill Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the earth. It lies 84.5 miles south of Santaquin, UT (from Santaquin, UT: bearing 188°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east of Richfield. The landscape is defined by the stark, sun-bleached prominence of Bull Claim Hill, which rises two miles away to monitor the shifting shadows that stretch across the valley floor. As the sun dips toward the horizon, the light catches the fine, pale dust kicked up by the wind, casting a bruised purple hue over the sagebrush and dry grasses that cling to the alkaline soil. The air here holds a brittle clarity, lacking any heavy moisture, leaving the senses sharpened by the dry, expansive silence that defines the basin.

Glenwood traces its lineage to the determined efforts of early settlers who recognized the potential for agriculture in these sheltered reaches, prioritizing proximity to the reliable waters of Mill Creek to sustain their small-scale industry. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, with irrigation and cattle grazing providing a steady, unadorned livelihood that persists without fanfare. Those who wander beyond the immediate grid of the streets might encounter the managed terrain of the Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources 76, a preserve that serves as a quiet sanctuary for indigenous species. Farther afield, the rugged terrain of Squeedunk Canyon offers a more vertical perspective of the region, while the distant, shimmering surface of Rocky Ford Reservoir remains a singular, man-made interruption in the otherwise unrelenting aridity of the plains.

About This Glenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenwood, Utah. Coordinates: 38.763301, -111.990202. 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 Glenwood includes the ZIP code (84730), telephone area code (801), county seat of Sevier County (Richfield), and school district assignment (Sevier 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.