Baggs Wyoming Map

About Baggs, Wyoming

Baggs is a locality in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 411. The population density is 314.2 people per km². Baggs is located at 41.0358°N, 107.6576°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Baggs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82321.

Baggs occupies a sun-bleached stretch of high desert where the horizon pulls tight against the earth, governed by the rhythmic, low-slung currents of the Ledford Slough as it carves a persistent path through the sagebrush. It lies 57.6 miles northwest of Steamboat Springs, CO (from Steamboat Springs, CO: bearing 312°T), and is situated 36.4 miles north of Craig. The landscape shifts in color from the muted, dusty gray of morning to a bruised purple when the light catches the distant, jagged shadows of the Rocky Mountains, far to the west. A mile away, the land dips into the Van Fleet Draw, a geological furrow that captures the sharp, dry scent of juniper and baked alkali after a summer rain. Beyond the immediate scrub, the terrain climbs toward the timbered resilience of the Medicine Bow National Forest, providing a green, cool respite from the heat that radiates off the open plains.

Baggs retains the weathered character of a frontier outpost, its economy tethered to the enduring cycles of ranching and the extraction of resources that define this austere corner of the high plains. Travelers passing through may notice the quietude of the streets, where the pace is dictated by the turning seasons rather than the demands of a clock, and where the history of outlaws and cattlemen lingers like a faint, unresolved chord in the local memory. Those seeking the stillness of the backcountry often head toward the Main Fork Trail for a long trek, or find a different sort of solitude closer to the banks of the Paintbrush Reservoir. Life in Baggs demands a certain toughness of spirit, finding its grace in the unadorned clarity of the starlight and the way the wind hums through the fence lines at dusk.

About This Baggs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baggs, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.035798, -107.657569. 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 Baggs includes the ZIP code (82321), telephone area code (307), county seat of Carbon County (Rawlins), and school district assignment (Carbon County School District 1).

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.