Lucerne Wyoming Map

About Lucerne, Wyoming

Lucerne is a locality in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 548. The population density is 10.5 people per km². Lucerne is located at 43.7180°N, 108.1847°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82443.

Lucerne maintains a stark, singular composure amidst the vast, high-desert expanse of the Wyoming plains. It lies 50.1 miles north-northeast of Riverton, WY (from Riverton, WY: bearing 12°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northeast of Thermopolis. The Bighorn River carves a deliberate path just a mile away, its persistent current providing a cool, rhythmic contrast to the arid silence of the surrounding terrain. To the west, the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Bighorn Mountains rise against the horizon, their peaks often catching the bruised purples and golds of a fading sun. Closer to the periphery, the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of Sand Draw stretches out, while the nearby Coal Draw Equisite offers a silent, protected sanctuary of scrub and stone. The atmosphere here possesses a weightless clarity, where the light at dusk bleaches the sagebrush into shades of ghostly silver, rendering the landscape almost transparent against the deepening sky.

Lucerne persists as a quiet outpost of labor and legacy, its economy tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the extraction industries that have long defined the region. The history of the area is written in the endurance of those who carved a living from this unforgiving soil, where the soil itself holds the memory of early western settlement and the slow movement of livestock. Four miles away, the quiet waters of Cover Slough reflect the immense, uncrowded expanse of the sky, serving as a rare, still counterpoint to the persistent wind that sweeps across the basin. Daily life in Lucerne moves with a deliberate, measured pace, unburdened by the frantic acceleration of urban centers, favoring instead the steady, repetitive cycles of the seasons. There is a profound beauty in this isolation, a sense that the residents exist in a state of quiet negotiation with the land, acknowledging the harshness of the climate while finding a simple, austere satisfaction in the daily labor of survival.

About This Lucerne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lucerne, Wyoming. Coordinates: 43.718022, -108.18471. 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 Lucerne includes the ZIP code (82443), telephone area code (307), county seat of Hot Springs County (Thermopolis), and school district assignment (Hot Springs County School District 1).

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.