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Chisana Alaska Map

Explore Chisana, 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 Chisana, Alaska

How to Use This Chisana, Alaska Map

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

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	Chisana
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Copper River
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.110039
Longitude	-142.050549
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99566
Area Code	907
School District	Copper River School District

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About Chisana, Alaska

Chisana is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. Chisana is located at 62.1100°N, 142.0505°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99566.

Chisana remains a singular outpost of quiet resilience, defined by the cold, clear waters of Chathenda Creek as it meanders through a landscape of rugged boreal wilderness. It lies 238.6 miles east of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 79°T), and is situated 155.6 miles east-northeast of Valdez. This vast expanse falls entirely within the boundaries of Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, where the earth feels ancient and indifferent to the passage of human time. To the distance, the Wrangell Mountains rise like jagged teeth against the subarctic sky, while the presence of Lime Glacier fifteen miles away lends a sharp, metallic chill to the air. Alder Lakes shimmer in the solitude just two miles from the main settlement, reflecting a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold as the long, quiet dusk settles over the tundra.

Chisana carries the weight of a feverish past, having transformed from a bustling gold rush settlement into a place where the echoes of industry have long since faded into the silence of the taiga. The weathered remains of cabins and the remnants of old mining efforts in Alder Gulch stand as markers of a time when fortune-seekers braved the interior to claim the earth's hidden wealth. Today, the economy has shifted toward the stillness of the wilderness, with the few who traverse the Simons Trail seeking only the profound solitude that this remote geography provides. Life here moves at the pace of the seasons, dictated by the heavy snows and the brief, brilliant bloom of the short summer, preserving a character forged by isolation and the immense, unyielding scale of the surrounding mountain country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — locality lies within · 4.3M acres
Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.8 mi, 180° S · 9.7M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 14.8 mi, 183° S · 8.0M acres
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 360° N · 1.5M acres
Alaska/Yukon Border (Viewpoint) — 48.5 mi, 043° NE
Tok Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.1 mi, 041° NE · 89 acres
Assay ruins (Historic Ruins) — 51.1 mi, 213° SW
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark (Attraction) — 51.1 mi, 213° SW
Saw mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 51.2 mi, 213° SW
Kennicott Wilderness Guides (Attraction) — 51.2 mi, 213° SW
St. Ellias Apline Guides Kennecott Mill Tour (Attraction) — 51.3 mi, 212° SW

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