Chickaloon Alaska Map

About Chickaloon, Alaska

Chickaloon is a locality in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 254. The population density is 1.5 people per km². Chickaloon is located at 61.8153°N, 148.2920°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99709, 99674.

Chickaloon emerges from the deep, shadowed interior where the Chickaloon River carves a restless path through the earth, its cold, silt-heavy waters mirroring the shifting subarctic light. It lies 30.0 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 66°T), and is situated 33.7 miles east-northeast of Tanaina. The landscape is defined by a rugged, uncompromising topography, where the Matanuska Valley Moose Range stretches across the terrain, offering a vast, untamed sanctuary for wildlife that moves through the dense taiga. To the north, the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Chugach Mountains press against the sky, while the presence of Metal Creek Glacier twelve miles away acts as a silent, frozen sentinel over the basin. Travelers seeking a closer communion with the land often traverse the Chickaloon River Trail, where the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity and the ground beneath is a mosaic of ancient stone and resilient boreal growth.

Chickaloon carries the echoes of a coal-rich heritage, a history once fueled by the industry of early extraction that drew prospectors to these isolated inland reaches. Though the pulse of the local economy has shifted from the intensity of the mines to a quieter, more self-reliant pace, the remnants of that era persist in the weathered architecture and the slow, deliberate rhythm of daily life. The proximity to Boulder Creek Flats provides a sense of immense, open scale that dwarfs the small human footprint left upon the valley floor. In the quiet hours of dusk, as the shadows lengthen across the spruce and willow, there is a profound stillness that defines Chickaloon, a place where the land dictates the terms of existence and the raven remains the primary observer of all that unfolds.

About This Chickaloon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chickaloon, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.815283, -148.291957. 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 Chickaloon includes the ZIP code (99709, 99674), telephone area code (907), county seat of Matanuska-Susitna, 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.