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Lost Springs Wyoming Map

Explore Lost Springs, 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 Lost Springs, Wyoming

How to Use This Lost Springs, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lost Springs, 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 Lost Springs.

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.

CityLost Springs
StateWyoming (WY)
CountyConverse County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneMountain Time (America/Denver)
Latitude42.765523
Longitude-104.925247
Population6
Density25.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code82224
Area Code307
County SeatDouglas
School DistrictConverse County School District 1

About Lost Springs, Wyoming

Lost Springs is a locality in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 6. The population density is 25.7 people per km². Lost Springs is located at 42.7655°N, 104.9252°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Lost Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82224.

Lost Springs emerges from the high, arid plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the persistent, thin channel of Lost Creek that carves its way through the landscape. It lies 70.7 miles east of Casper, WY (from Casper, WY: bearing 95°T), and is situated 23.2 miles east of Douglas. The horizon stretches out in a flat, relentless expanse, broken only by the subtle depression of Stevenson Draw which creates a shallow, shadowed wrinkle in the prairie floor. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, metallic amber, casting long silhouettes of sagebrush across the dry, alkaline soil. While the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain far beyond the reach of the eye, the local air possesses a sharp, clean clarity that makes the vastness of the Wyoming basin feel both intimate and profound.

Economic life in Lost Springs has long been tethered to the slow, cyclical rhythms of the ranching industry, where the resilience of the land dictates the pace of the day. The proximity of Glendo Reservoir State Park draws travelers seeking the quietude of the open range, though the daily existence here remains largely untouched by the outside world. Residents might venture toward the waters of Wintermote Number 1 Reservoir, a modest, man-made feature that offers a rare, still reflection of the clouds in an otherwise arid expanse. Lost Springs survives as a stark, enduring testament to the grit required to inhabit such a wide-open territory, where the wind carries the scent of dry grass and the quiet history of a place that prefers to keep its own counsel.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Glendo Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 186° S
  • Douglas Community Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 22.1 mi, 265° W
  • Riverside (Local Park) — 23.7 mi, 270° W
  • Town of Lusk (Local Recreation) — 23.8 mi, 088° E
  • Stagecoach Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 090° E
  • Fireman's Memorial (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 090° E
  • Thunder Basin National Grassland (National Grassland) — 25.5 mi, 353° N · 553k acres
  • Guernsey Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 173° S
  • Hell Gap Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.6 mi, 149° SE
  • Medicine Bow National Forest (National Forest) — 30.1 mi, 220° SW · 1.1M acres
  • Register Cliff (Monument) — 37.4 mi, 163° S
  • Coffee Siding Historical Marker (Monument) — 45.8 mi, 098° E
  • Buffalo Gap National Grassland (National Grassland) — 47.0 mi, 070° E · 587k acres
  • Sioux County Museum (Museum) — 53.2 mi, 096° E
  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 62.2 mi, 111° E · 2,253 acres
  • Daemonilix (Attraction) — 62.4 mi, 111° E
  • Split Daemonilix (Attraction) — 62.5 mi, 111° E
  • Soldier Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 65.1 mi, 092° E · 7,833 acres
  • Black Hills National Forest (National Forest) — 68.2 mi, 043° NE · 1.3M acres
  • North Platte National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.7 mi, 140° SE · 5,832 acres
  • Prometheus (Public Artwork) — 71.0 mi, 275° W
  • Gertrude Krampert Center for Theatre and Dance at Casper College (Museum) — 71.0 mi, 274° W
  • Wardwell Field (Historic Ruins) — 73.0 mi, 278° W
  • Fort Robinson State Park Museum (Museum) — 74.4 mi, 095° E
  • Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center (Attraction) — 77.0 mi, 094° E
  • Telegraph Road Camp (Attraction) — 78.1 mi, 273° W

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About This Lost Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lost Springs, Wyoming. Coordinates: 42.765523, -104.925247. 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 Lost Springs includes the ZIP code (82224), telephone area code (307), county seat of Converse County (Douglas), and school district assignment (Converse County School District 1).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.