Alpine Wyoming Map

About Alpine, Wyoming

Alpine is a locality in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,220. The population density is 474.4 people per km². Alpine is located at 43.1635°N, 111.0180°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Alpine is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83128.

Alpine emerges where the Snake River carves a deliberate path through the rugged, high-altitude terrain of Wyoming. It lies 25.4 miles south-southwest of Jackson, WY (from Jackson, WY: bearing 211°T), and is situated 13.6 miles north-northwest of Star Valley Ranch. The landscape around Alpine is defined by the expansive, shimmering waters of Palisades Reservoir, which holds the light of the sky against the dark, forested slopes of the Caribou National Forest. One mile away, the Grand Canyon provides a stark, vertical contrast to the valley floor, where the air remains thin, crisp, and perpetually scented with sagebrush and damp pine. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, serrated peaks of the Rocky Mountains, standing as silent sentinels over a land that feels both ancient and insistently present, especially when the evening sun casts long, violet shadows across the sage-strewn basin.

Economic life in Alpine remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons and the rugged demands of the wilderness that surrounds it. The local character is forged by a quiet persistence, a legacy of those drawn to the confluence of water and timber, where the economy flows between the seasonal migration of visitors seeking the outdoors and the steady, unyielding work of managing the natural resources of the Caribou National Forest. Daily life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a community that has learned to accommodate the harsh winters and the fleeting, brilliant intensity of the mountain summer. Whether watching the water rise in Palisades Reservoir or observing the heavy, quiet snowfall, residents recognize that their existence is shaped by the immense, indifferent scale of the geography, creating a culture that values self-reliance and the simple, profound clarity of life in a high-mountain basin.

About This Alpine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alpine, Wyoming. Coordinates: 43.163531, -111.018017. 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 Alpine includes the ZIP code (83128), telephone area code (307), county seat of Lincoln County (Kemmerer), and school district assignment (Lincoln County School District 2).

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.