Medicine Bow Wyoming Map

About Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Medicine Bow is a locality in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 27.4 people per km². Medicine Bow is located at 41.8955°N, 106.2047°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Medicine Bow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82329.

Medicine Bow remains a place defined by the relentless clarity of the high-plains light and the sprawling, sage-brushed expanse that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Rocky Mountains. It lies 51.3 miles northwest of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 322°T), and is situated 53.7 miles east of Rawlins. The landscape around Medicine Bow is marked by a raw, unadorned austerity, where the ground is a patchwork of pale grasses and exposed earth, occasionally broken by the quiet, winding presence of the Medicine Bow River. A few miles away, the rugged topography of Stralyn Canyon carves its way through the terrain, while the nearby East Allen Lake offers a still, reflective surface that mirrors the vast, shifting clouds of the Wyoming sky. The air here carries a sharp, dry crispness, and at dusk, the horizon glows with a bruised violet hue that seems to settle heavily upon the land, imbuing the isolation with a quiet, meditative weight.

History in Medicine Bow is tethered to the expansive dreams of the frontier, echoing with the legacy of the railroad and the enduring, stubborn resilience of those who carved a life out of this spare, demanding country. The local economy has long shifted with the tides of industry, moving from the demands of early transit to the more rugged pursuits of energy and resource extraction that define much of the surrounding region. Travelers passing through might find themselves near the protected reaches of Shirley Basin West, a landscape that remains largely untamed and indifferent to the passage of time. Life in Medicine Bow proceeds with a deliberate, steady cadence, unbothered by the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring instead the honest rhythm of a day shaped by the wind, the season, and the enduring stillness of the high desert.

About This Medicine Bow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.895521, -106.204738. 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 Medicine Bow includes the ZIP code (82329), telephone area code (307), county seat of Carbon County (Rawlins), and school district assignment (Carbon County School District 2).

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.