Sundance, Wyoming — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Sundance, Crook County.
| City | Sundance |
| State | Wyoming (WY) |
| County | Crook |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 44.406375 |
| Longitude | -104.375782 |
| Population | 912 |
| Density | 123.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Sundance is a locality in Crook County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 912. The population density is 123.2 people per km². Sundance is located at 44.4064°N, 104.3758°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82729.
Sundance sprawls across a wide, sun-drenched valley, a landscape etched with the raw bones of the Wyoming earth. It lies 56.2 miles east of Gillette, WY (from Gillette, WY: bearing 81°T), and is situated 26.1 miles west-south-west of Spearfish. Rolling hills, cloaked in the muted greens and browns of hardy prairie grasses, rise and fall towards the distant, jagged peaks of the Black Hills, their summits often dusted with a faint haze of blue. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent of dust and distant pine, and the immense, unbroken sky presses down with a palpable weight, the kind that makes you feel both small and profoundly connected to the vastness. Cottonwood trees, their leaves rustling like brittle paper in the constant breeze, line the banks of the few intermittent creeks that thread through the terrain, offering scant but precious shade. The story of Sundance is bound to the land and the grit of those who sought to tame it. Originally a stop along the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Line, its roots are tangled with the boom-and-bust cycles of the late 19th century, a time when prospectors and ranchers alike wrestled with this unforgiving frontier. Today, the local economy still leans on the strength of agriculture – cattle ranching and the cultivation of hardy crops that can withstand the region's often harsh climate. Sundance itself maintains a quiet, unhurried character, a place where the rhythm of daily life is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the enduring spirit of its people. The imposing Crook County Courthouse, a solid sandstone structure, stands as a silent sentinel, a reminder of the enduring legal and civic foundations laid in this remote corner of the West.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Sundance, Wyoming with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Sundance and Crook County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Sundance is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Sundance is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |