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El Rancho Wyoming Map

Explore El Rancho, 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 El Rancho, Wyoming

How to Use This El Rancho, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Rancho, 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 El Rancho.

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	El Rancho
State	Wyoming (WY)
County	Platte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	42.268372
Longitude	-105.043717
Population	18
Density	12.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	82201
Area Code	307
County Seat	Wheatland
School District	Platte County School District 1

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About El Rancho, Wyoming

El Rancho is a locality in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 18. The population density is 12.1 people per km². El Rancho is located at 42.2684°N, 105.0437°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82201.

El Rancho stretches across a high, arid expanse where the horizon pulls the eye toward a vast, unyielding sky. It lies 71.9 miles north-northeast of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 23°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-northwest of Wheatland. Spring Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the dry earth nearby, its presence marked by the thin, dark line of brush that clings to the moisture of the banks. Beyond the immediate plains, the land rises into subtle, sun-bleached ridges that define the geography, while the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Rocky Mountains shimmer like ghosts against the western limit of the world. The quality of light here is sharp and thin, bleaching the colors of the sagebrush until the entire landscape glows with the muted silver of an old coin at midday.

El Rancho exists as a quiet outpost where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the maintenance of the regional cattle trade. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, governed by the cycles of the prairie rather than the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. Residents often look toward Lewis Flat for the expansive, open grazing that has sustained the local spirit for generations, or they travel toward the quiet waters of the Loren Ramsey Fish Reservoir when the summer heat demands a respite. While history here is written in the simple persistence of fences and weathered wooden corrals, the nearby Guernsey Reservoir State Park serves as a reminder of the public lands that define the wider region. Every afternoon, the cooling air carries the scent of dry grass and dust, a reminder that El Rancho remains a place where the silence is as much a part of the architecture as the buildings themselves.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Guernsey Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 060° NE
Medicine Bow National Forest (National Forest) — 10.9 mi, 249° W · 1.1M acres
Glendo Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 012° N
Oregon Trail Ruts (State Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 092° E
Trail Ruts Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 15.4 mi, 093° E
Wheatland Golf Club (Public) (Local Recreation) — 16.0 mi, 164° S
Register Cliff (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 095° E
Cottonwood Draw Wildlife Habitat Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 121° SE
Hell Gap Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 065° NE
Laramie Peak Wildlife Habitat Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.3 mi, 215° SW
Grattan Massacre Historical Monument (Monument) — 34.0 mi, 106° E
Cheyenne Deadwood Trail Historic Marker (Monument) — 37.2 mi, 162° S
Stagecoach Museum (Museum) — 45.5 mi, 041° NE
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.4 mi, 111° E · 5,832 acres
Thunder Basin National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.7 mi, 002° N · 553k acres
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 64.8 mi, 080° E · 2,253 acres
Daemonilix (Attraction) — 65.2 mi, 080° E
Split Daemonilix (Attraction) — 65.2 mi, 080° E
Sioux County Museum (Museum) — 65.8 mi, 064° NE
UW Art Museum (Gallery) — 71.2 mi, 202° S
Fanning a Twister (Public Artwork) — 71.3 mi, 202° S
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 71.4 mi, 045° NE · 587k acres
Gryphon Theatre (Theatre) — 71.9 mi, 203° SW
Curt Gowdy Amphitheater (Theatre) — 74.9 mi, 188° S
North Overlook (Viewpoint) — 75.1 mi, 113° SE
Gertrude Krampert Center for Theatre and Dance at Casper College (Museum) — 75.9 mi, 301° NW
Western Nebraska Mexican American Historical Museum (Museum) — 75.9 mi, 111° E
Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains (Attraction) — 76.0 mi, 113° SE
Oregon Trail Park Stadium (Stadium) — 77.4 mi, 113° SE
North Platte Valley Museum (Museum) — 77.5 mi, 113° SE

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