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Cooper Landing Alaska Map

Explore Cooper Landing, 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 Cooper Landing, Alaska

How to Use This Cooper Landing, Alaska Map

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

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	Cooper Landing
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	60.49
Longitude	-149.834167
Population	344
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99572, 99664
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Cooper Landing, Alaska

Cooper Landing is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 344. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Cooper Landing is located at 60.4900°N, 149.8342°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99572, 99664.

Cooper Landing emerges where the emerald pulse of the Kenai River slows to meet the vast, glacial stillness of Kenai Lake. It lies 50.4 miles south of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 177°T), and is situated 31.8 miles east of Sterling. The landscape here is defined by the weight of ancient ice and the slow, inexorable grind of geology, creating a basin where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity that tastes of spruce needles and cold stone. To the far horizon, the Kenai Mountains rise in jagged, snow-dusted silence, holding the sky above the dense stands of the Chugach National Forest. The light in this region does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, stripping away the superfluous until only the raw, tectonic scale of the earth remains, casting long, violet shadows that stretch across the water as the sun dips behind the timberline.

Gold seekers first carved a presence into this wilderness during the late nineteenth century, and the spirit of that rugged, extractive history lingers in the quiet persistence of those who live here today. While the economy once relied on the promise of mineral wealth, it has evolved into a stewardship of the land, centered on the seasonal migration of salmon and the steady, rhythmic draw of the backcountry. Travelers often seek out the Stetson Creek Trail to witness the untamed interior, while the proximity to the Kenai River Canyon provides a stark reminder of the forces that shaped this terrain. Cooper Landing maintains a deliberate, measured pace, where the passage of time is marked not by the clock, but by the subtle shifting of the river’s flow and the distant, cooling presence of the Lowell Glacier.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 360° N · 5.4M acres
Alaska Rivers Company (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 259° W
Alaskans at Cooper Landing (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 262° W
Alaska Wildland Adventures (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 264° W
Kenai River Special Management Area Multiple Use Management Area (Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 264° W
Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 2.3 mi, 290° W · 139 acres
Russian River Campground Area Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 263° W
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.8 mi, 262° W · 3.9M acres
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.9 mi, 259° W · 1.1M acres
1969 Russian River Fire and Mark Westover (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 251° W
Russian River Rendezvous (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 243° SW
Mystery Creek Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.8 mi, 270° W · 45k acres
Mt McGhan Monument (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 111° E
Tern Lake (Viewpoint) — 10.2 mi, 072° E
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 13.0 mi, 171° S · 601k acres
Kenai Lake-Black Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 13.9 mi, 126° SE
Benny Benson Memorial Park (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 152° SE
Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.9 mi, 129° SE · 2.2M acres
Mariah Tours (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 152° SE
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 29.9 mi, 153° SE
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 29.9 mi, 153° SE
Canyon Creek Blacksmith (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 012° N
Hope and Sunrise Historical Society (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 012° N
Chugach State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 018° N
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.0 mi, 156° SE
Marlow Pavilion/Stage (Theatre) — 40.1 mi, 036° NE
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.9 mi, 170° S · 13.7M acres
Prince William Sound Museum (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 063° NE
Regal Dimond Center 9 Cinemas (Cinema) — 45.1 mi, 359° N
Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 48.3 mi, 357° N

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