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Burns Wyoming Map

Explore Burns, Wyoming, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Burns, Wyoming

How to Use This Burns, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Burns, Wyoming. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wyoming or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Burns.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Burns
State	Wyoming (WY)
County	Laramie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	41.192759
Longitude	-104.359124
Population	356
Density	45.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	82053
Area Code	307
County Seat	Cheyenne
School District	Laramie County School District 2

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About Burns, Wyoming

Burns is a locality in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 356. The population density is 45.0 people per km². Burns is located at 41.1928°N, 104.3591°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Burns is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82053.

Burns occupies a wide, high-altitude expanse where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a pale, thin sky. It lies 24.3 miles east of Cheyenne, WY (from Cheyenne, WY: bearing 81°T), and is situated 22.5 miles east of Ranchettes. The earth here is a muted palette of sage and tawny grasses, broken only by the subtle depression of Antelope Draw to the west and the faint, distant silhouette of Base Line Ridge rising in the far distance. North Fork Muddy Creek traces a narrow, intermittent path through the soil just a mile away, its presence marked by a slight deepening of color in the vegetation. Near Thomas Reservoir Number 1, the water reflects the shifting clouds with a clarity that renders the surrounding prairie even more vast, emphasizing the quiet, steady weight of the wind that constantly moves across the plains.

Agriculture provides the primary pulse of life in Burns, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the earth and the cultivation of hardy crops. The history of the locality is written in the resilience of those who settled this arid ground, building a life out of the dust and the open, exposed space. While Greenway offers a distant reach of protected land for the local traveler, the daily reality of the inhabitants is found in the rhythm of the harvest and the maintenance of the fence lines that partition the expansive range. Life in Burns moves with a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the stark clarity of the light at dawn and the long, quiet shadows that fall across the plains as the sun slips behind the distant, jagged edges of the western landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nature Trail (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 095° E
Texas Trail Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 093° E
Our Lady of Peace Shrine (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 093° E
Nebraska/Wyoming Abandoned Gas Station (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 092° E
Tri-State Monument (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 130° SE
Big Boot (Public Artwork) — 21.1 mi, 257° W
Pawnee National Grassland (National Grassland) — 22.2 mi, 184° S · 193k acres
Derby Lanes (Theme Park) — 23.3 mi, 262° W
Cowgirls of the West Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 260° W
Cheyenne Children's Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 260° W
Frontier Days Arena (Stadium) — 24.9 mi, 264° W
Nebraska Historical Marker (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 090° E
Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.6 mi, 084° E
Hawk Springs (State Park) — 35.8 mi, 014° N
Plains Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 085° E
Lee & Dorothy Rhoads Farm Implement Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 179° S
Curt Gowdy State Park (State Park) — 42.9 mi, 267° W
Curt Gowdy Amphitheater (Theatre) — 46.5 mi, 270° W
Medicine Bow National Forest (National Forest) — 48.4 mi, 270° W · 1.1M acres
Lone Tree Antiques & Fine Art (Gallery) — 49.6 mi, 202° S
Tree Rock (Attraction) — 51.5 mi, 266° W
Early Colorado Homesite (Historic Ruins) — 53.4 mi, 132° SE
Scotts Bluff National Monument (National Monument) — 54.1 mi, 037° NE · 3,162 acres
Roosevelt National Forest (National Forest) — 55.6 mi, 223° SW · 814k acres
Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains (Attraction) — 55.7 mi, 038° NE
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.0 mi, 017° N · 5,832 acres
Cache La Poudre, Colorado Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 60.0 mi, 235° SW · 32k acres
Comanche Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.9 mi, 238° SW · 68k acres
Rocky Mountain National Park (National Park) — 76.4 mi, 233° SW · 265k acres
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 76.4 mi, 233° SW · 249k acres

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