Diomede Alaska Map

About Diomede, Alaska

Diomede is a locality in Nome, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 13.2 people per km². Diomede is located at 65.7539°N, 168.9226°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Diomede is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99762.

Diomede occupies a vast, silent expanse of interior tundra where the earth stretches toward the horizon in muted shades of ochre and gray. It lies 609.5 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 285°T), and is situated 134.3 miles northwest of Nome. The landscape here is defined by low, stubborn ridges and wide, sweeping plains that hold the frost long after the sun has climbed high in the subarctic sky. A nearby stream cuts a winding, silver path through the permafrost, its movement sluggish and deliberate against the backdrop of an immense, open sky that dwarfs the human scale. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light turns a thin, translucent violet, casting long shadows that seem to stretch across the ages and bind the rugged terrain into a single, unmoving stillness.

Diomede thrives as a place of deliberate endurance, where the local economy relies heavily on the seasonal rhythms of the land and the persistence of traditional knowledge. Generations have organized their lives around the cycles of the interior, favoring a pace that respects the formidable climate and the isolation of the surrounding plains. The structure of daily life remains tethered to the arrival of bush planes, which serve as the vital pulse for goods and connection in a region where the isolation is a physical weight. Here, the character of the people is etched by the same resilience found in the hardy taiga, a quiet strength that recognizes the necessity of mutual reliance in a world where the wilderness dictates the terms of survival.

About This Diomede Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Diomede, Alaska. Coordinates: 65.753924, -168.922577. 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 Diomede includes the ZIP code (99762), telephone area code (907), county seat of Nome, and school district assignment (Bering Strait 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.