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Cantwell Alaska Map

Explore Cantwell, 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 Cantwell, Alaska

How to Use This Cantwell, Alaska Map

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

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	Cantwell
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Denali
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	63.411396
Longitude	-148.749621
Population	200
Density	0.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99729
Area Code	907
School District	Denali Borough School District

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About Cantwell, Alaska

Cantwell is a locality in Denali, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 200. The population density is 0.6 people per km². Cantwell is located at 63.4114°N, 148.7496°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99729.

Cantwell endures as a rugged expanse of subarctic terrain where the horizon is defined by the serrated, distant peaks of the Alaska Range. It lies 106.3 miles south-southwest of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 204°T), and is situated 153.2 miles north of Anchorage. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, tasting faintly of spruce needles and the deep, hushed stillness of the interior plains. Only two miles from the sprawling wilderness of Denali National Park, the landscape is a mosaic of taiga and tundra, punctuated by the silent, frozen presence of Cantwell Glacier fifteen miles away. The light at dusk stretches thin and amber across the low shrubs, turning the earth into a vast, muted canvas that seems to breathe with the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing seasons.

Cantwell emerged from the iron necessity of the railroad, a waypoint shaped by the persistent rhythm of transit and the extraction of the earth’s hidden stores. Economic life here remains tethered to the pulse of the corridor, with residents balancing the demands of the service industry against the quiet isolation of the bush. Eight miles away, the Middle Fork Chulitna River carves a path through the valley, its currents a constant, cold reminder of the thaw that eventually feeds the land. Life in Cantwell is measured in the flight of a raven or the brief, shimmering presence of Drashner Lake, reflecting a culture that values the spare, hard-won utility of a life lived on the edge of an immense and indifferent geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Denali Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 204° SW
Denali National Park (National Park) — 4.0 mi, 330° NW · 4.7M acres
Denali Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.1 mi, 324° NW · 2.1M acres
Husky Homestead (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 356° N
Sled Dog Puppies (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 343° N
Sled Dog Demonstrations (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 343° N
Resting Grizzly (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 347° N
Raft Denali (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 350° N
Kantishna Gallery (Gallery) — 23.7 mi, 349° N
Dry Creek Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 347° N
Nelchina Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 41.0 mi, 175° S
Denali State Park (State Park) — 44.0 mi, 218° SW
Talkeetna Recreation River (State Recreation Area) — 61.0 mi, 194° S
Alaska Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 63.1 mi, 224° SW
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 79.4 mi, 360° N

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