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Diamond Ridge Alaska Map

Explore Diamond Ridge, 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 Diamond Ridge, Alaska

How to Use This Diamond Ridge, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	59.702361
Longitude	-151.554623
Population	1,330
Density	12.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99603
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Diamond Ridge, Alaska

Diamond Ridge is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,330. The population density is 12.1 people per km². Diamond Ridge is located at 59.7024°N, 151.5546°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99603.

Diamond Ridge rises above the subarctic expanse as a high, wind-swept plateau where the sky seems to hold a heavier, silver-blue weight than it does at lower elevations. It lies 120.6 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 209°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north of Homer. Bridge Creek carves a persistent, cold path through the terrain, its waters rushing steadily toward the Pacific Ocean a mere three miles away. To the east, the distant, jagged line of the Kenai Mountains catches the low-slung sun, casting long, bruised shadows across the tundra that reach toward the deep, still waters of Bridge Creek Reservoir. The air here carries a sharp, saline tang, a constant reminder of the proximity to the coast, while the light at dusk turns the tall, resilient grasses into a shimmering field of copper wire.

Diamond Ridge sustains a quiet, deliberate rhythm governed by the seasons and the slow, methodical labor of those who work the land and the nearby waters. Residents often travel toward the Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site to engage with the wilder stretches of the coast, finding in the transition from the plateau to the tidelands a sense of grounding. The local economy remains tethered to the rugged reality of the north, with the nearby Woodard Canyon providing a sheltered corridor for wildlife and movement that contrasts with the exposed nature of the ridge. Life in Diamond Ridge is defined by the immense scale of the landscape, where the occasional silhouette of a raven against the gray horizon serves as a reminder that the wild remains the primary neighbor, far removed from the clutter of more crowded corners of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Anchor River And Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 360° N
Elliot Fischer Memorial Platform (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 118° SE
Pratt Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 177° S
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.2 mi, 174° S · 61 acres
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.3 mi, 181° S
Alaska Ultimate Safaris (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 164° S
Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 183° S
Kachemak Bay Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 095° E
Alaska Bear Viewing Tours (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 146° SE
Seafarer's Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 146° SE
Kachemak Bay State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 163° S
Experience Gallery (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 124° SE
Diana Tillion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 124° SE
Great Midden (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 171° S
Yukon Island Dig (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 169° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 092° E · 3.9M acres
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.2 mi, 092° E · 1.1M acres
Seldovia Village Tribe Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 197° S
Seldovia Boardwalk (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 197° S
Boat Launch (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 350° N
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 25.6 mi, 127° SE · 601k acres
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 42.8 mi, 305° NW · 2.5M acres
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 55.0 mi, 323° NW · 2.6M acres
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 59.7 mi, 010° N
1969 Russian River Fire and Mark Westover (Monument) — 75.9 mi, 045° NE
Shuyak Island State Park (State Park) — 77.2 mi, 200° S
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 77.7 mi, 074° E
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 78.3 mi, 068° E
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 78.3 mi, 068° E
Founder's Monument (Monument) — 78.4 mi, 069° E

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