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Beaver Alaska Map

Explore Beaver, 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 Beaver, Alaska

How to Use This Beaver, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	66.384745
Longitude	-147.287756
Population	48
Density	0.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99724
Area Code	907
School District	Yukon Flats School District

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About Beaver, Alaska

Beaver is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 48. The population density is 0.9 people per km². Beaver is located at 66.3847°N, 147.2878°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99724.

Beaver endures as a quiet outpost of timber and brush, marking a solitary presence within the vast, sprawling expanse of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. It lies 104.5 miles north of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 6°T), and is situated 99.5 miles north of Goldstream. The landscape surrounding Beaver stretches in a low, subarctic horizon, where the light at dusk bleeds into a long, bruised violet, casting deep shadows across the muskeg and spruce. Three miles to the east, the stillness of Argo Bill Lake mirrors the pale sky, while the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Brooks Range remain mere ghosts against the northern edge of the world. Six miles away, the waters of Fish Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the earth, feeding into the wider, hidden arteries of the interior wilderness.

History lingers in the wood-slat architecture of Beaver, a settlement shaped by the rugged persistence of those who sought a life far from the clamor of industrial centers. The economy relies upon the quiet rhythms of subsistence and the intermittent transit of bush planes that serve as the only reliable connection to the outside world. Travel often follows the ancient lines of the Chandalar Trail, a route that winds through the brush near George Meadow, connecting the inhabitants to the broader, untamed geography. Daily life here is defined by the immense scale of the refuge, where the silence is broken only by the sharp, sudden call of a raven or the seasonal turning of the taiga, forcing a patient, deliberate pace upon every soul who calls this wilderness home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.3 mi, 354° N · 18.2M acres
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.3 mi, 177° S · 77k acres
Serpentine Slide Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 44.4 mi, 186° S
Crashed Plane (Attraction) — 48.6 mi, 025° NE
Steese National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 54.0 mi, 164° S · 1.2M acres
Limestone Jags Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 56.2 mi, 185° S
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.5 mi, 008° N · 59.1M acres
James Dalton Highway Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 69.1 mi, 210° SW
Hess Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 71.4 mi, 224° SW

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