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Chickaloon Alaska Map

Explore Chickaloon, 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 Chickaloon, Alaska

How to Use This Chickaloon, Alaska Map

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

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	Chickaloon
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Matanuska-Susitna
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	61.815283
Longitude	-148.291957
Population	254
Density	1.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99709, 99674
Area Code	907
School District	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Matanuska Valley Moose Range (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 331° NW
Nelchina Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 000° N
Glacier View 4th of July Car Launch (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 095° E
MICA Glacier Adventures (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 094° E
Sutton Coal Wash Plant (Historic Ruins) — 20.4 mi, 249° W
Matanuska Glacier Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 20.5 mi, 096° E
Hatcher Pass Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 274° W
The Bomber Wreck (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 277° W
Matanuska River Park (Local Recreation) — 29.5 mi, 241° SW
Musk Ox Farm (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 246° SW
Government Peak Unit Northern Sub-Unit (State Conservation Area) — 30.9 mi, 263° W
Trooper Bruce A. Heck Monument (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 083° E
Scenic Overlook (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 258° W
Chugach State Park (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 215° SW
Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 34.7 mi, 237° SW
Where the Matanuska RIver Flows (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 243° SW
Alcantra Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 38.0 mi, 249° W
Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 38.0 mi, 164° S · 5.4M acres
Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 38.0 mi, 164° S · 2.2M acres
Gold Star Monuments (Monument) — 39.5 mi, 230° SW
Beach Lake Park (Local Park) — 49.7 mi, 236° SW
Nike Site Summit Integrated Fire Control Area (Historic Ruins) — 56.0 mi, 227° SW
Marlow Pavilion/Stage (Theatre) — 65.3 mi, 206° SW
Anchorage Museum Planetarium (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 232° SW
LumaLim (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 233° SW
Alaska Law Enforcement Museum (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 233° SW
Sydney Laurence Theatre (Theatre) — 67.0 mi, 233° SW
Dos Manos (Gallery) — 68.4 mi, 232° SW
Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 68.4 mi, 231° SW
Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 79.0 mi, 215° SW · 139 acres

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