Alatna Alaska Map

About Alatna, Alaska

Alatna is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 15. The population density is 0.2 people per km². Alatna is located at 66.5638°N, 152.8385°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99720.

Alatna occupies a silent, expansive reach of interior land where the subarctic light stretches thin and pale across the horizon. It lies 182.2 miles northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 312°T), and is situated 178.1 miles northwest of Ester. The landscape surrounding Alatna is defined by a dense, hushed taiga that gives way to open tundra, a terrain that feels ancient and indifferent to the passage of human time. Only a mile away, Unatlotly Creek carves a dark, winding path through the permafrost, while Minotocloga Lake sits just two miles distant, its surface often mirroring the heavy, bruised clouds of a northern afternoon. Though the Brooks Range remains a jagged, distant silhouette over a hundred miles to the north, its presence is felt in the sudden, sharp bite of the wind that scours the plains. The Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge lies only three miles away, acting as a vast, protected sanctuary where the land remains untamed and the rhythm of the seasons dictates the movement of all living things.

Life in Alatna persists through a quiet adherence to the demands of a harsh, inland geography, where the economy is tethered to the land and the sporadic arrival of bush planes. History here is marked by the resilience of those who navigated the Koyukuk drainage, establishing a pattern of existence that relies heavily on subsistence and a deep, practiced understanding of the changing ice. The local character is forged by the immense scale of the environment, which renders individual ambitions small against the backdrop of an endless, unpopulated interior. Days pass with a deliberate, measured gravity, often punctuated by the low hum of an engine or the distant call of a raven, ensuring that Alatna remains a place where the stillness is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, pervasive presence that defines the day.

About This Alatna Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alatna, Alaska. Coordinates: 66.563794, -152.838498. 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 Alatna includes the ZIP code (99720), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Yukon-Koyukuk School District).

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.