Eek Alaska Map

About Eek, Alaska

Eek is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 404. The population density is 240.7 people per km². Eek is located at 60.2163°N, 162.0420°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Eek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99578.

Eek maintains a quiet, deliberate presence amidst the vast, sprawling tundra that defines this reach of the interior. It lies 414.9 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 266°T), and is situated 40.7 miles south-southwest of Bethel. The landscape surrounding Eek is characterized by a low, expansive horizon where the sky seems to press down with a heavy, subarctic clarity, illuminating the mossy plains and intricate drainage patterns that define the earth. Eight miles from the winding paths of the Eenayarak River, the ground remains a mosaic of permafrost and resilient sedge, offering a stark, austere beauty that shifts in hue from deep umber to a pale, ghostly gray as the light wanes. Within the expansive boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the silence is punctuated only by the sudden, sharp wingbeats of a raven or the distant, shifting rustle of the wind across the open expanse.

Life in Eek is inextricably linked to the rhythm of the seasons and the enduring traditions of the people who call this land home. The local economy relies on the careful stewardship of the surrounding wild, where the pursuit of subsistence remains a primary thread of daily life, binding the past to the present with quiet persistence. Eek serves as a vital point of connection in a region where the bush plane acts as the essential tether to the wider world, bridging the immense scale that dwarfs human endeavor. Even as the modern world introduces new technologies and materials, the character of Eek persists, defined by a stoic endurance and a profound respect for the seasonal cycles that dictate the flow of existence in this remote corner of the continent.

About This Eek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eek, Alaska. Coordinates: 60.216265, -162.041999. 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 Eek includes the ZIP code (99578), telephone area code (907), county seat of Bethel, and school district assignment (Lower Kuskokwim 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.