Eareckson Station Alaska Map

About Eareckson Station, Alaska

Eareckson Station is a locality in Aleutians West, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 232. The population density is 16.3 people per km². Eareckson Station is located at 52.7213°N, 174.1110°E. It observes the Hawaii-Aleutian Time (America/Adak) timezone.

Eareckson Station stands as a stark, purposeful geometry of concrete and steel amidst the sprawling, silent expanse of the subarctic interior. It lies 1453.4 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 263°T). The terrain surrounding Eareckson Station is defined by vast, undulating plains of tundra that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant, jagged silhouette of Cone Peak rises against a sky often bruised with violet and iron-gray light. A local creek cuts a meandering, silver path through the low-lying brush, its waters cold and clear, reflecting the immense, unhurried passage of clouds that cast moving shadows over the lichen-covered ground. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, stripped of all humidity, leaving a stillness so profound it seems to amplify the rhythmic hum of wind moving through the coarse, resilient grasses.

History clings to the infrastructure of the site, marking it as a place of strategic endurance where the pace of life is dictated by the requirements of vigilance and maintenance. Proximity to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge lends the surroundings a wild, untamed character, ensuring that the influence of the natural world remains undiluted by human intervention. The local economy and daily operations remain tethered to the specialized functions that necessitated the installation's founding, favoring technical precision and a quiet, utilitarian resilience. Life here moves in cycles governed by the light—the long, golden persistence of summer afternoons that bleed into twilight, and the deep, hushed winters—creating a culture of self-sufficiency that ignores the frantic tempo of the world beyond these high, lonely plains.

About This Eareckson Station Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eareckson Station, Alaska. Coordinates: 52.7213, 174.111. 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 Eareckson Station includes the ZIP code, telephone area code (907), county seat of Aleutians West, and school district assignment (Aleutian Region 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.