Woods Landing-Jelm Wyoming Map

About Woods Landing-Jelm, Wyoming

Woods Landing-Jelm is a locality in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 118. The population density is 2.7 people per km². Woods Landing-Jelm is located at 41.1015°N, 106.0288°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82070.

Woods Landing-Jelm occupies a rugged stretch of high-altitude terrain where the Laramie River carves a serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 24.4 miles west-southwest of Laramie, WY (from Laramie, WY: bearing 240°T), and is situated 59.6 miles west-northwest of Wellington. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of every sagebrush and granite outcropping, particularly as the sun begins its descent behind the distant silhouette of the Rocky Mountains. Only a mile away, the Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge offers a sanctuary for wildlife, while the nearby expanse of Moonshine Gulch creates a shadowed, quiet depression in the earth. The light at dusk often bleeds a bruised purple across the horizon, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the open plains and emphasize the isolation of the high desert.

Historical echoes of frontier commerce still resonate in Woods Landing-Jelm, a locality that has long served as a waypoint for those navigating the expansive reaches of the American West. While the economy remains tied to the rhythms of the land and the modest demands of local agriculture, the proximity to the Medicine Bow National Forest provides a verdant contrast to the austere, arid beauty of the surrounding plains. Travelers passing through may find themselves drawn to the stillness of Sodergreen Lake, a mere four miles distant, where the water mirrors the vast, unencumbered sky. Life in Woods Landing-Jelm proceeds with a deliberate, sparse cadence, defined less by the velocity of modern industry and more by the enduring, quiet reality of the sage-covered basin.

About This Woods Landing-Jelm Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woods Landing-Jelm, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.101461, -106.028802. 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 Woods Landing-Jelm includes the ZIP code (82070), telephone area code (307), county seat of Albany County (Laramie), and school district assignment (Albany 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.