Coffman Cove Alaska Map

About Coffman Cove, Alaska

Coffman Cove is a locality in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 4.5 people per km². Coffman Cove is located at 56.0017°N, 132.8420°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Sitka) timezone. Coffman Cove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99918.

Coffman Cove emerges from the dense, evergreen silence of the Tongass National Forest, where the earth is blanketed in a thick, mossy velvet that drinks the subarctic light. It lies 169.0 miles south-southeast of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 159°T), and is situated 55.3 miles south of Petersburg. The landscape is defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Dog Creek, which winds through the timber with a clarity that mirrors the gray-blue sky, while the distant, jagged outlines of the Keating Range provide a stern horizon to the west. Within two miles, the still, dark waters of Grassy Lake collect the reflection of towering hemlocks, their needles casting long, sharp shadows across the damp, acidic soil of the forest floor. The air here holds a peculiar, sharp sweetness, smelling of crushed ferns and cold, damp cedar, grounding the senses in a world that feels both ancient and entirely indifferent to the passing of time.

Logging and the extraction of timber have long dictated the pulse of Coffman Cove, shaping a history built upon the labor of those who know how to read the grain of the wilderness. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the woods, where the heavy machinery and the steady hum of saws once set the tempo for the daily work of the residents. Beyond the reach of the immediate clearing, the terrain rises toward the rugged elevations of the Keating Range, a reminder of the scale that dwarfs human enterprise in this northern interior. Those seeking the quiet power of the land often venture toward the distant, thundering descent of Sockeye Falls, finding in its spray a temporary respite from the solitude. Life in Coffman Cove moves at a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the changing seasons and the enduring, quiet presence of the surrounding timberlands.

About This Coffman Cove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coffman Cove, Alaska. Coordinates: 56.001661, -132.841966. 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 Coffman Cove includes the ZIP code (99918), telephone area code (907), county seat of Prince of Wales-Hyder, and school district assignment (Southeast Island 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.