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Rock River Wyoming Map

Explore Rock River, Wyoming, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Rock River, Wyoming

How to Use This Rock River, Wyoming Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rock River, Wyoming. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Wyoming or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rock River.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Rock River
State	Wyoming (WY)
County	Albany County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	41.731739
Longitude	-105.975146
Population	211
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	82083
Area Code	307
County Seat	Laramie
School District	Albany County School District 1

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About Rock River, Wyoming

Rock River is a locality in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Rock River is located at 41.7317°N, 105.9751°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Rock River is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82083.

Rock River occupies a vast, high-altitude expanse where the horizon stretches thin and pale against an unrelenting sky. It lies 35.7 miles north-northwest of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 326°T), and is situated 56.8 miles west-southwest of Wheatland. Sagebrush dominates the arid floor, painting the terrain in muted shades of silver and dusty olive that shift with the passing clouds. Only a mile away, Rock Creek cuts a modest path through the earth, its flow providing a thin, vital ribbon of moisture to the otherwise parched plains. Eight miles distant, the landscape dips into the quiet, dry depression of Frank Draw, while further out, the expanse of the Wick/Beumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area offers a sanctuary for the local fauna. The air here remains thin and crisp, carrying the scent of dry grass and cold stone, and at dusk, the light turns a bruised, singular gold that clings to the ground long after the sun has dipped from view.

Rock River carries the quiet weight of a place built on the hard necessities of the frontier, where the economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land and the endurance of the rail. The architecture reflects a functional, no-nonsense history, with structures that have weathered decades of sharp, prairie winds. Life here moves with a deliberate, sparse pace, far removed from the bustle of the distant Rocky Mountains that occasionally haunt the western edge of the skyline like a jagged, blue-tinted dream. Residents often look toward the Coal Bank Reservoir, five miles off, as a point of stillness in a region defined by its wide, open movement. There is a particular clarity to the silence in Rock River, a stillness that demands a certain rugged patience from those who choose to remain in the shadow of the high, Wyoming plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wick/Beumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 246° SW
Medicine Bow National Forest (National Forest) — 17.9 mi, 211° SW · 1.1M acres
Wick/Buemee Wildlife Habitat Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 238° SW
Snowy Range Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 212° SW
Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.0 mi, 153° SE · 2,342 acres
Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 30.5 mi, 180° S · 28k acres
Billie Class Stamp Mill (Historic Ruins) — 30.5 mi, 213° SW
Hanna Mine Memorial (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 287° W
Libby Flats Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 31.7 mi, 212° SW
United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 31.9 mi, 213° SW
Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 32.1 mi, 215° SW
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.9 mi, 171° S · 5,122 acres
Women’s History statue (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 146° SE
Matthew Shepard Memorial (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 145° SE
Gryphon Theatre (Theatre) — 35.4 mi, 145° SE
UW Art Museum (Gallery) — 35.7 mi, 144° SE
Savage Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.4 mi, 207° SW · 15k acres
Seminoe Reservoir State Park (State Park) — 40.5 mi, 296° NW
Platte River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.5 mi, 209° SW · 23k acres
Bennett Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 49.8 mi, 304° NW · 5,852 acres
Routt National Forest (National Forest) — 51.9 mi, 192° S · 1.1M acres
Curt Gowdy Amphitheater (Theatre) — 52.6 mi, 135° SE
Tree Rock (Attraction) — 52.6 mi, 142° SE
Greasewood " Rescue Site Martin Handcart Company. (Attraction) — 70.3 mi, 326° NW
Green Otter Gallery (Arts Centre) — 71.0 mi, 193° S
Frontier Days Arena (Stadium) — 71.2 mi, 124° SE
Cheyenne Children's Museum (Museum) — 72.8 mi, 124° SE
Cowgirls of the West Museum (Museum) — 72.9 mi, 124° SE
Derby Lanes (Theme Park) — 72.9 mi, 123° SE
Red Buttes Crossing (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 339° N

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