Chisana Alaska Map

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.

About This Chisana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chisana, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.110039, -142.050549. 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 Chisana includes the ZIP code (99566), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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.