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Bear Creek Alaska Map

Explore Bear Creek, 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 Bear Creek, Alaska

How to Use This Bear Creek, Alaska Map

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

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	Bear Creek
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	60.20806
Longitude	-149.369779
Population	2,129
Density	21.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99664
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Bear Creek, Alaska

Bear Creek is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,129. The population density is 21.4 people per km². Bear Creek is located at 60.2081°N, 149.3698°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99664.

Bear Creek occupies a rugged threshold where the dense, dark timber of the Chugach National Forest gives way to the cold, rushing clarity of Salmon Creek. It lies 74.8 miles south-southeast of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 167°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-northeast of Seward. The landscape is defined by a vertical intensity, as the earth rises sharply toward the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Kenai Mountains that anchor the horizon. Only four miles away, the massive, silent weight of the Bear Lake Glacier exerts a cooling influence on the air, keeping the mornings sharp even in the height of summer. Here, the low-angled subarctic light catches the moisture rising from the ground, turning the dense thickets of spruce and alder into a study of deep, muted greens and silver-gray shadows. The proximity to the coast, though shielded by the terrain, allows the damp, salt-tinged breeze to drift inland, softening the edges of the wild, untamed expanse.

Bear Creek maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal pulse of the land and the quiet endurance of those who have made their lives in the shadow of the peaks. Economic activity remains tethered to the natural wealth of the region, with the movement of goods and the harvest of the waters providing a steady, if demanding, livelihood. Residents often look toward the nearby Lost Lake Trail for recreation, a path that offers a rare, elevated vantage point over the immense, glacier-sculpted fjords that eventually empty into the distant waters of Derby Cove. While the interior is dominated by the sprawling, untracked wilderness of the Chugach National Forest, the presence of Nellie Juan Lake further to the north serves as a reminder of the vast, interconnected network of basins that define this territory. Life here is characterized by a deliberate, measured pace, where the immense scale of the geography commands a profound respect for the stillness of the raven and the hidden paths of the grizzly.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 302° NW · 5.4M acres
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 6.0 mi, 248° W · 601k acres
Benny Benson Memorial Park (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 202° S
Mariah Tours (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
Kenai Fjords Tours (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
Major Marine Tours (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
Good Friday Earthquake Memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.7 mi, 079° E · 2.2M acres
Seward Mariners' Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 199° S
Exit Glacier Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 261° W
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 199° S
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 7.7 mi, 199° S
Kenai Lake-Black Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.3 mi, 350° N
Caines Head State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 187° S
Thumb Cove State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 172° S
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.4 mi, 264° W · 1.1M acres
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 264° W · 3.9M acres
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 15.3 mi, 183° S
Safety Cove State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 164° S
Wolverine Glacier Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 17.9 mi, 052° NE
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 197° S · 13.7M acres
Alaska Rivers Company (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 319° NW
Russian River Rendezvous (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 309° NW
Mystery Creek Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.1 mi, 312° NW · 45k acres
Prince William Sound Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 031° NE
Hope Schoolhouse (Historic Ruins) — 49.9 mi, 349° N
Hope and Sunrise Historical Society (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 349° N
Marlow Pavilion/Stage (Theatre) — 52.6 mi, 008° N
Regal Dimond Center 9 Cinemas (Cinema) — 66.8 mi, 346° N
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 68.8 mi, 291° W

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