Palmyra Utah Map

About Palmyra, Utah

Palmyra is a locality in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 443. The population density is 24.9 people per km². Palmyra is located at 40.1402°N, 111.6988°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 84660.

Palmyra stretches across a flat, expansive basin where the earth meets a sky that seems to hold the weight of the distant Wasatch Range on its horizon. It lies 2.9 miles northwest of Spanish Fork, UT (from Spanish Fork, UT: bearing 307°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-southwest of Provo. The land here remains defined by the rhythmic pull of the earth, punctuated by the steady presence of the Spanish Fork as it winds through the low-lying fields. Sunlight lingers against the soil, turning the dust into a pale, shifting gold that settles over the open plains and the nearby expanse of Utah Lake. During the height of the afternoon, the air feels heavy with the scent of dry grass and turned earth, a quiet stillness that suggests the persistence of the desert even where irrigation has coaxed life from the ground.

Palmyra maintains a character forged by the deliberate, orderly geometry of early agricultural settlement, where the grid of the fields dictates the slow pace of the day. The economy remains rooted in the cycles of the harvest, echoing a history of labor that transformed the arid scrub into productive acreage. Residents often gather toward North Park to witness the changing seasons, a place that serves as a quiet anchor for the local spirit. Beyond the immediate reach of the farms, the terrain rises toward the rugged, shadowed depths of Wolf Hollow, while the proximity to the Diamond Fork Youth Forest offers a reminder of the wilder, wooded country that sits just past the reach of the plow.

About This Palmyra Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palmyra, Utah. Coordinates: 40.140232, -111.698815. 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 Palmyra includes the ZIP code (84660), telephone area code (801), county seat of Utah County (Provo), and school district assignment (Nebo 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.