Riverside Wyoming Map

About Riverside, Wyoming

Riverside is a locality in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 66. The population density is 94.4 people per km². Riverside is located at 41.2175°N, 106.7789°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82325.

Riverside emerges from the high-desert scrub as a quiet collection of structures defined by the persistent, cold pulse of Badger Creek. It lies 62.0 miles west of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 264°T), and is situated 50.7 miles north of Steamboat Springs. The landscape surrounding Riverside is dominated by an expansive, sage-dusted plateau that stretches toward the horizon, where the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, hazy boundary to the west. Air here possesses a thin, crystalline clarity, turning the golden light of late afternoon into a sharp, gilded edge that defines every fence post and blade of dry grass. Three miles to the north, the terrain dips into the shadowed, rugged topography of Deep Draw, while the nearby Encampment River Canyon Wilderness Study Area offers a stark reminder of the wild, untamed nature of the Wyoming interior. Two miles away, the quiet surface of Lordier Reservoir holds the reflection of an immense, darkening sky, acting as a silent anchor in an otherwise restless, wind-swept terrain.

Economic life in Riverside remains tethered to the rugged demands of the land, echoing a history of extraction and agricultural endurance that has long defined this high-altitude frontier. The local pace is dictated by the seasons, shifting from the harsh, isolating grip of winter to the brief, industrious intensity of the growing months. Residents maintain a way of life that prizes self-reliance, with the rhythm of the day measured by the movement of cattle and the maintenance of small-scale operations that have persisted for generations. While the influence of modern industry has touched the region, the character of the place is forged by the quiet persistence of those who choose to live where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and sagebrush. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, sparse elegance, leaving space for the silence of the plains to settle over the valley floor long after the sun has retreated behind the distant, shadowed peaks.

About This Riverside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.217465, -106.778928. 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 Riverside includes the ZIP code (82325), 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.