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James Town Wyoming Map

Explore James Town, 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 James Town, Wyoming

How to Use This James Town, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for James Town, 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 James Town.

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	James Town
State	Wyoming (WY)
County	Sweetwater County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	41.563972
Longitude	-109.536499
Population	455
Density	54.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	82935
Area Code	307
County Seat	Green River
School District	Sweetwater County School District 2

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About James Town, Wyoming

James Town is a locality in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 455. The population density is 54.8 people per km². James Town is located at 41.5640°N, 109.5365°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82935.

James Town exists as a quiet confluence of high-desert austerity and the persistent, life-giving flow of the Green River. It lies 3.2 miles northwest of Green River, WY (from Green River, WY: bearing 305°T), and is situated 16.4 miles west of Rock Springs. The landscape surrounding James Town is defined by the stark, earth-toned geometry of Greasewood Canyon, where the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the sagebrush, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the land to the horizon. Beyond the immediate basin, the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains haunt the western skyline, reminding any observer of the immense, arid scale of the Wyoming plateau. Within the immediate vicinity, the Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds offer a modest reprieve from the wind, providing a patch of ground where the air carries the dry, clean scent of crushed juniper and sun-baked silt.

James Town occupies a space where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of extraction and the seasonal pulse of the river. The local economy remains tethered to the rugged reality of the terrain, drawing its sustenance from the mineral wealth and industrial labor that have defined this region for generations. History here is not written in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who labor in the shadow of the canyon walls, where the silence is broken only by the low hum of distant machinery or the sudden, erratic flight of a hawk against the vast, pale sky. Life in James Town moves with a gravity born of isolation, favoring a stoic, unadorned existence that finds its own quiet beauty in the harsh, unrelenting clarity of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 149° SE
Powell Colorado River Expedition (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 130° SE
Stratton Myers Park (Total Leased Land) (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 131° SE
Recreation Center Grounds (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 142° SE
FMC Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 131° SE
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 135° SE · 201k acres
Ashley National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 132° SE · 1.4M acres
Flaming Gorge Reservoir National Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 147° SE
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.5 mi, 319° NW · 52k acres
Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 074° E
US Army Tank (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 082° E
Greater Red Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Sage Creek Watershed) (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 18.3 mi, 172° S
Greater Red Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Currant Creek Watershed) (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 20.1 mi, 175° S
Devil's Playground-Twin Buttes Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.5 mi, 200° S · 24k acres
White Mountain Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 26.6 mi, 032° NE
Crookston Ranch Cultural Site (Historic Ruins) — 35.9 mi, 041° NE
Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area (Attraction) — 45.5 mi, 196° S
Wasatch National Forest (National Forest) — 45.9 mi, 244° SW · 914k acres
Three Corners Monument (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 147° SE
Firefighters Memorial (Monument) — 46.6 mi, 174° S
John Jarvie Ranch Historic Site (BLM) (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 158° S
Browns Park Waterfowl Area (Nature Reserve) — 50.9 mi, 157° SE
Dinosaur Trackway (Attraction) — 67.8 mi, 176° S
Moonshine arch (Attraction) — 69.7 mi, 180° S
Big Piney Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 73.6 mi, 336° NW
Vernal Theater (Theatre) — 76.6 mi, 180° S
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum (Museum) — 76.8 mi, 180° S
Stump Formation (Attraction) — 78.5 mi, 171° S

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