Oakley Wyoming Map

About Oakley, Wyoming

Oakley is a locality in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 25. The population density is 53.6 people per km². Oakley is located at 41.7510°N, 110.5261°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 83101.

Oakley emerges from the high, arid expanse of the high plains where the Hams Fork carves a persistent, silver path through the sagebrush. It lies 40.3 miles northeast of Evanston, WY (from Evanston, WY: bearing 34°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-southeast of Kemmerer. The land here is defined by the deep, natural depression of Oakley Draw, which catches the fading light of dusk and holds it in long, violet shadows against the dry earth. While the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains remain a distant, hazy memory on the far horizon, the immediate landscape is one of scrub-covered slopes and wide, unyielding skies that press down upon the silence. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of dry dust and wild grasses, a sensory clarity that defines the physical presence of Oakley as it sits quietly under the vast, open heavens.

History clings to the alkaline soil of Oakley, echoing the labor of those who once sought to pull wealth from the stubborn, mineral-rich terrain. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate cadence, tied to the rhythms of the land and the quiet industry that has long sustained the few who remain. Residents might pass an afternoon at Town Park, a small patch of green respite, or look toward the horizon where Skull Point Reservoir glimmers as a rare, cool interruption in the tawny landscape. Life here moves with the measured pace of a long-settled place, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the seasons and the maintenance of the quiet, dusty roads that link the sparse households of Oakley to the wider, rolling world beyond.

About This Oakley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakley, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.751, -110.5261. 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 Oakley includes the ZIP code (83101), telephone area code (307), county seat of Lincoln County (Kemmerer), and school district assignment (Lincoln 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.