Bear River Wyoming Map

About Bear River, Wyoming

Bear River is a locality in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 522. The population density is 104.8 people per km². Bear River is located at 41.3841°N, 111.0263°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Bear River is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82930.

Bear River exists as a quiet confluence of high-plains geography where the horizon claims more authority than the earth itself. It lies 8.6 miles north-northwest of Evanston, WY (from Evanston, WY: bearing 338°T), and is situated 50.4 miles east-northeast of Ogden. The land here is defined by a vast, unyielding openness, where the low-slung grasses of the arid plateau meet the sky in a sharp, unbroken line. Only a mile away, the Bear River carves its path through the terrain, a slender ribbon of water that offers a cool, constant presence against the persistent heat of the afternoon. To the west, the landscape dips into the quiet depth of Shell Hollow, while the nearby reach of Dry Lake sits as a silent, shallow basin holding the memory of seasonal rains. The light at dusk possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the sagebrush to a pale, ghostly silver before the deep indigo of the high-desert night settles over the soil.

Bear River remains a place defined by the steady, measured pace of those who work the land and keep the livestock that graze these expansive stretches. The legacy of the frontier lingers in the quietude, echoing the persistence of travelers who once followed the Pony Express and Overland Stage Route nine miles away. Today, the economy leans upon the hard-won traditions of agriculture and the maintenance of the local landscape, supported by the quiet stewardship found within the boundaries of Bear River Park. Life moves in cycles tied to the shifting weather and the seasonal requirements of the range, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. While the distant summits of the Rocky Mountains may shimmer like a mirage on the furthest edge of the western sky, the character of Bear River is rooted firmly in the immediate, rugged reality of the plains.

About This Bear River Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bear River, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.384112, -111.026297. 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 Bear River includes the ZIP code (82930), telephone area code (307), county seat of Uinta County (Evanston), and school district assignment (Uinta 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.