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Chuathbaluk Alaska Map

Explore Chuathbaluk, 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 Chuathbaluk, Alaska

How to Use This Chuathbaluk, Alaska Map

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

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.

CityChuathbaluk
StateAlaska (AK)
CountyBethel
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneAlaska Time (America/Anchorage)
Latitude61.571944
Longitude-159.245
Population104
Density9.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code99557
Area Code907
School DistrictKuspuk School District

About Chuathbaluk, Alaska

Chuathbaluk is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 9.0 people per km². Chuathbaluk is located at 61.5719°N, 159.2450°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Chuathbaluk is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99557.

Chuathbaluk occupies a low, level bench of earth where the vast interior wilderness presses close against the stillness of the trees. It lies 309.8 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 279°T), and is situated 99.5 miles northeast of Bethel. The air here holds a crisp, biting clarity, carrying the scent of damp spruce and cold silt from the nearby Mission Creek. Beyond the immediate clearing, the terrain rises into shadowed, uneven ground, and the distant, jagged peaks of the Alaska Range draw a faint, icy line against the horizon. To the north, the landscape deepens into the protected expanse of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, a silent kingdom of muskeg and brush that stretches toward the horizon, while the quiet waters of Kolmakof Lake lie tucked into the folds of the land ten miles away, mirroring the shifting gray of the subarctic sky.

Chuathbaluk persists as a place defined by the slow endurance of its people, who have long looked to the surrounding woods and waters for their sustenance. The economy remains tethered to the seasonal rhythms of the land, with the gathering of resources and the maintenance of essential bush connections forming the bedrock of daily life. History whispers through the quietude of Ptarmigan Gulch, where the remnants of earlier efforts to extract value from the earth remain half-buried under the encroaching moss. Life here moves at the pace of the seasons, marked by the persistent, mechanical hum of a distant plane or the sudden, sharp cry of a raven, yet the true character of the place resides in the immense, unyielding scale of the taiga that dwarfs every human structure and demands a quiet, watchful respect from those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 217° SW · 62.7M acres
  • Kuskokwim River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 28.7 mi, 079° E
  • Southwest Peregrine Falcon Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 41.8 mi, 315° NW
  • Wood-tikchik State Park (State Park) — 70.4 mi, 174° S
  • Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 79.8 mi, 003° N · 8.1M acres
  • Innoko Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 79.8 mi, 003° N · 1.3M acres

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About This Chuathbaluk Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chuathbaluk, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.571944, -159.245. 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 Chuathbaluk includes the ZIP code (99557), telephone area code (907), county seat of Bethel, and school district assignment (Kuspuk School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.