Copper Center Alaska Map
Explore Copper Center, 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 Copper Center, Alaska
How to Use This Copper Center, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Copper Center, 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 Copper Center.
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 | Copper Center |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Copper River |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 62.001096 |
| Longitude | -145.363956 |
| Population | 338 |
| Density | 10.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99573 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Copper River School District |
About Copper Center, Alaska
Copper Center is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 338. The population density is 10.4 people per km². Copper Center is located at 62.0011°N, 145.3640°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99573.Copper Center emerges from the stillness of the boreal forest, where the rhythmic pulse of Yetna Creek carves a path through the dense, dark spruce and willow. It lies 132.0 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 78°T), and is situated 67.4 miles north-northeast of Valdez. The landscape surrounding Copper Center is defined by an immense, unyielding scale, where the earth stretches toward the horizon in a vast expanse of taiga and tundra that swallows the sound of human industry. On the clearest days, the jagged, snow-dusted summits of the Wrangell Mountains rise in the distance like silent sentinels, their icy presence anchoring the heavy, subarctic light. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a cold breath that reminds the traveler of the proximity to the rugged, untamed wilderness of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, which lies just a short distance to the east.
History lingers in the quietude of the land, marking Copper Center as a place forged by the persistence of those who navigated the interior long before the arrival of modern engineering. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where the seasonal movement of people and the necessity of bush planes and heavy-duty vehicles dictate the pace of daily life. While the quiet waters of Klutina Lake wait twenty miles away, the immediate surroundings reflect a culture built on self-reliance and an intimate knowledge of the changing seasons. Life moves with the deliberate focus of a place that understands its isolation, where the passing of a raven overhead or the shifting color of the autumnal brush carries as much significance as the distant, steady hum of the oil pipeline.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Scenic Point (Viewpoint) — 6.0 mi, 338° N
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 011° N · 4.3M acres
- Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.5 mi, 089° E · 9.7M acres
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 18.0 mi, 025° NE · 8.0M acres
- Alaska Yaks (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 138° SE
- Gulkana River (Wild & Scenic River) — 36.3 mi, 352° N · 93k acres
- Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 57.7 mi, 221° SW · 2.2M acres
- Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 57.8 mi, 176° S · 5.4M acres
- Trooper Bruce A. Heck Monument (Monument) — 65.2 mi, 263° W
- Rudleston Falls (Attraction) — 65.8 mi, 196° S
- Gilahina Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 66.4 mi, 125° SE
- Bridalveil Falls (Attraction) — 66.7 mi, 195° S
- Horsetail Falls (Attraction) — 66.9 mi, 196° S
- Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum (Museum) — 68.2 mi, 209° SW
- Whispering Giant, by Peter Toth (Public Artwork) — 68.3 mi, 209° SW
- Valdez Civic Center (Cinema) — 68.7 mi, 209° SW
- Delta River (Wild & Scenic River) — 68.8 mi, 342° N · 44k acres
- Shoup Bay State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 70.6 mi, 214° SW
- Jack Bay State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 76.8 mi, 211° SW
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About This Copper Center Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Copper Center, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.001096, -145.363956. 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 Copper Center includes the ZIP code (99573), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
