Big Lake Alaska Map

About Big Lake, Alaska

Big Lake is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,833. The population density is 12.8 people per km². Big Lake is located at 61.5155°N, 149.9755°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99652.

Big Lake remains a quiet expanse of dense taiga and open water, carved into the interior landscape where the light takes on a thin, subarctic sharpness. It lies 188.5 miles north-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 347°T). The land here is defined by low-lying spruce forests and thickets of willow that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant, jagged profile of the Brooks Range offers a cold reminder of the vast wilderness defining the northern reach. Seven miles away, the Poss Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the integrity of the soil and brush, keeping the region anchored in a rugged, untamed state. A local creek winds through the periphery of the woods, its water dark and clear, mirroring the slow drift of clouds across a sky that seems to possess a weight and depth absent in warmer latitudes.

Big Lake evolved as a focal point for those drawn to the quiet rhythm of the interior, functioning as a nexus where the drone of a bush plane serves as the primary clock for the day. Economic life here is sparse and self-reliant, often tethered to the seasonal cycles of the land and the maintenance of internal infrastructure that keeps the isolated grid functioning. Ten miles toward Victor Gulch, the terrain dips into low basins that hold the morning frost long after the sun has climbed, a persistent chill that shapes the character of those who live here. The stillness of the afternoon is rarely broken by anything louder than the wind moving through the conifers, leaving the residents to navigate a life that values the immense, quiet scale of the surrounding geography above the noise of the modern world.

About This Big Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Big Lake, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.515547, -149.97553. 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 Big Lake includes the ZIP code (99652), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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.