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Lance Creek Wyoming Map

Explore Lance Creek, 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 Lance Creek, Wyoming

How to Use This Lance Creek, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lance Creek, 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 Lance Creek.

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	Lance Creek
State	Wyoming (WY)
County	Niobrara County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	43.04474
Longitude	-104.663835
Population	43
Density	0.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	82222, 82225
Area Code	307
County Seat	Lusk
School District	Niobrara County School District 1

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About Lance Creek, Wyoming

Lance Creek is a locality in Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 43. The population density is 0.4 people per km². Lance Creek is located at 43.0447°N, 104.6638°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 82222, 82225.

Lance Creek stretches across a vast, arid expanse where the earth remains bleached by a relentless sun and the horizon seems to pull away from the gaze. It lies 85.3 miles east of Casper, WY (from Casper, WY: bearing 82°T), and is situated 41.9 miles east-northeast of Douglas. Rusty Creek carves a shallow, meandering scar through the parched soil, its seasonal flow a thin ribbon of muted color against the pale, dusty grasses that dominate the plains. A mile away, the stillness of Water Storage Reservoir offers a rare, glassy reflection of the immense, cloud-streaked sky, grounding the landscape in a quiet, heavy permanence. The air here tastes of dry earth and sage, carrying the weight of a silence that exists only in places where the distance between things is measured in long, unbroken hours.

History in Lance Creek is etched into the subterranean wealth that once drew prospectors to these high, unforgiving plains, turning the local economy toward the extraction of oil and the patient labor of ranching. Seventeen miles to the east, the sprawling expanse of Thunder Basin National Grassland serves as a reminder of the raw, untamed nature of this territory, standing in stark contrast to the human industry that persists in isolated pockets. While the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains loom far beyond the western edge of the world, they remain a mythic, blue-hued suggestion on the horizon rather than a part of the daily experience. Life here moves with a deliberate, rugged pace, dictated by the cycles of the land and the endurance required to inhabit a space that yields so little to those who do not respect its lean, solitary character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thunder Basin National Grassland (National Grassland) — 16.0 mi, 311° NW · 553k acres
Town of Lusk (Local Recreation) — 21.2 mi, 150° SE
Fireman's Memorial (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 151° SE
Stagecoach Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 151° SE
Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 30.8 mi, 090° E · 587k acres
Glendo Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 204° SW
Coffee Siding Historical Marker (Monument) — 41.2 mi, 129° SE
Hell Gap Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 43.9 mi, 178° S
Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 45.2 mi, 047° NE · 1.3M acres
Sioux County Museum (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 122° SE
Guernsey Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 48.4 mi, 191° S
Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 52.6 mi, 127° SE
Medicine Bow National Forest (National Forest) — 53.4 mi, 218° SW · 1.1M acres
Soldier Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 56.2 mi, 113° SE · 7,833 acres
Jewel Cave National Monument (National Monument) — 61.0 mi, 040° NE · 3,813 acres
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 61.2 mi, 133° SE · 2,253 acres
Daemonilix (Attraction) — 61.5 mi, 133° SE
Split Daemonilix (Attraction) — 61.6 mi, 133° SE
The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD (Attraction) — 65.0 mi, 066° NE
Art House (Gallery) — 65.4 mi, 065° NE
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 65.5 mi, 065° NE
Fort Robinson State Park Museum (Museum) — 66.0 mi, 113° SE
Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 66.6 mi, 054° NE
Wind Cave National Park (National Park) — 66.8 mi, 057° NE · 34k acres
Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center (Attraction) — 68.1 mi, 111° E
Heaven (Viewpoint) — 70.4 mi, 051° NE
Old Car (Historic Ruins) — 70.9 mi, 051° NE
The Indian Museum of North America (Museum) — 74.9 mi, 043° NE
Gordon Stockade Historical Site (Registered Battlefield) — 75.8 mi, 048° NE
Black Elk Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 78.2 mi, 044° NE · 14k acres

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