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Aniak Alaska Map

Explore Aniak, 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 Aniak, Alaska

How to Use This Aniak, Alaska Map

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

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	Aniak
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	61.578825
Longitude	-159.547427
Population	507
Density	31.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99557
Area Code	907
School District	Kuspuk School District

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About Aniak, Alaska

Aniak is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 507. The population density is 31.6 people per km². Aniak is located at 61.5788°N, 159.5474°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Aniak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99557.

Aniak holds its position upon a low, expansive plain where the subarctic light stretches thin and pale across the horizon. It lies 318.9 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 279°T), and is situated 92.1 miles northeast of Bethel. The landscape surrounding Aniak is defined by a vast, quiet stillness that anchors it firmly within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, a protected expanse where the earth feels ancient and unhurried. To the north, the Russian Mountains rise as a jagged, slate-colored presence against the sky, while the Aniak River winds through the nearby terrain, its waters carrying the silt of the interior. Distant terrain features like Ptarmigan Gulch suggest the complexity of the topography, yet here the land remains dominated by the resilient scrub of the taiga and the sweeping, open tundra that seems to swallow the sound of any passing wind.

History in Aniak is etched into the patterns of seasonal migration and the enduring traditions of those who have long navigated this interior wilderness. The economy relies heavily on the rhythms of subsistence and the essential services provided by bush planes, which serve as the primary link to the broader world. Life unfolds through a cycle of gathering and preparation, where the arrival of a small aircraft on a gravel strip marks the pulse of the day more reliably than any clock. There is a profound, solemn beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the flat earth during the long autumn evenings, turning the ground to a deep, bruised violet and reminding those who live here of the immense, indifferent scale of the wilderness that surrounds them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.4 mi, 006° N · 62.7M acres
Southwest Peregrine Falcon Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 35.0 mi, 325° NW
Kuskokwim River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 38.4 mi, 082° E
Wood-tikchik State Park (State Park) — 72.6 mi, 166° S

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