Point of Rocks Wyoming Map

About Point of Rocks, Wyoming

Point of Rocks is a locality in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 53. The population density is 9.4 people per km². Point of Rocks is located at 41.6831°N, 108.7754°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP codes: 82201, 82942.

Point of Rocks serves as a stark, weathered anchor in the high desert, defined by the persistent, thin ribbon of Dagley Creek that carves its way through the arid, sun-bleached terrain. It lies 63.9 miles southeast of Casper, WY (from Casper, WY: bearing 124°T), and is situated 29.3 miles south of Douglas. The landscape here is one of vast, unforgiving horizons where the earth colors itself in shades of pale ocher and bruised gray, stretching toward a sky so expansive it threatens to swallow the ground whole. Only two miles distant, the terrain shifts into the rugged, sheltered contours of Harris Park, a natural transition that hints at the proximity of Medicine Bow National Forest. The air at dusk carries a sharp, metallic clarity, cooling rapidly as the light retreats, leaving the silhouettes of the land to sharpen against an indigo twilight.

Point of Rocks remains a sentinel of an older, harder era, its history etched into the remnants of transit routes that once funneled travelers across this unforgiving basin. The local economy has long been tethered to the pulse of the earth, drawing life from the resources beneath the soil and the quiet persistence of those who work the range. While the Rocky Mountains loom as a distant, jagged memory on the far horizon, the immediate vicinity finds its character in the singular rush of Cottonwood Falls and the distant, still waters of Indian Reservoir Number 1. Life here moves with the deliberate, heavy pace of a place that has seen the passage of wagons and the relentless evolution of the rails, holding fast to a quiet, solitary endurance.

About This Point of Rocks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Point of Rocks, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.683121, -108.775444. 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 Point of Rocks includes the ZIP code (82201, 82942), telephone area code (307), county seat of Albany County (Laramie), and school district assignment (Sweetwater 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.