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Alatna Alaska Map

Explore Alatna, Alaska, 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 Alatna, Alaska

How to Use This Alatna, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alatna, Alaska. 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 Alaska 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 Alatna.

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	Alatna
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	66.563794
Longitude	-152.838498
Population	15
Density	0.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99720
Area Code	907
School District	Yukon-Koyukuk School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 165° S · 2.6M acres
Lake Todatonten Pingos Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 31.3 mi, 183° S
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 38.1 mi, 309° NW · 945k acres
Indian River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 39.0 mi, 194° S
Gates of the Arctic National Park (National Park) — 53.1 mi, 358° N · 7.3M acres
Gates of the Arctic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 53.1 mi, 358° N · 7.2M acres
Arctic Circle Wayside (Attraction) — 55.7 mi, 090° E
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.3 mi, 209° SW · 8.0M acres
Gobblers Knob (Viewpoint) — 60.3 mi, 077° E

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