Reliance Wyoming Map

About Reliance, Wyoming

Reliance is a locality in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 622. The population density is 58.3 people per km². Reliance is located at 41.6691°N, 109.1971°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82943.

Reliance occupies a spare, high-desert plateau where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a pale, unrelenting sky. It lies 5.7 miles north of Rock Springs, WY (from Rock Springs, WY: bearing 3°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of North Rock Springs. The earth here is composed of muted ochre and gray shale, broken only by the persistent, arid scrub that clings to the dry ground. Killpecker Creek traces a quiet, narrow path through the landscape nearby, its presence marked by little more than a slight deepening of the soil’s color and the occasional cluster of hardy, wind-bent brush. Far to the west, the jagged, snow-dusted edges of the Rocky Mountains haunt the skyline like a fading memory, while the open expanse of the North Baxter Basin slopes away into a vast, silent emptiness that defines the local weather and the sheer, expansive reach of the light.

Reliance emerged from the industrial necessity of the coal mines, its character forged by the grit and labor that once defined the regional economy. The remnants of that era persist in the quietude of the present, where the pace of life adheres to the slow, steady rotation of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of modern commerce. Residents gather at Reliance Park, a local space that serves as a communal anchor amidst the wide, open plains. Though the distant waters of Flaming Gorge Reservoir offer a reservoir of cool depth miles away, the daily reality here remains tied to the dry, sage-scented air and the enduring resilience of a place that has long outlived its original purpose, settling into a calm, solitary existence on the Wyoming high desert.

About This Reliance Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Reliance, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.669131, -109.19707. 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 Reliance includes the ZIP code (82943), telephone area code (307), county seat of Sweetwater County (Green River), 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.