Explore Egegik, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Egegik, 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 Egegik.
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 | Egegik |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Lake and Peninsula |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 58.205148 |
| Longitude | -157.521978 |
| Population | 39 |
| Density | 0.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 99579 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Lake and Peninsula Borough School District |
Egegik commands a vast, subarctic expanse where the horizon stretches toward an infinite sky, defined by the quiet endurance of tundra and the slow, deliberate movement of the Egegik River. It lies 332.7 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 235°T), and is situated 69.0 miles southeast of Dillingham. The landscape here is characterized by flat, expansive plains that hold the pale, thin light of the north, casting long, melancholic shadows across the earth as the sun lingers low in its arc. Within this terrain, the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve provides a sanctuary for the wild, ensuring that the rhythm of the land remains dictated by the seasonal migrations of fauna rather than the frantic pace of modern expansion. The air, crisp and biting, carries the scent of damp moss and cold stone, grounding the senses in a geography that feels both ancient and profoundly indifferent to the presence of humanity.
Egegik serves as a focal point for those who have learned to thrive within the immense scale of the region, where the economy is inextricably linked to the natural bounty found within the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve. The history of the place is marked by a deep, quiet persistence, with the Egegik River acting as a vital artery for the movement of people and resources across the interior. Life in Egegik follows a cadence set by the changing seasons, moving from the vibrant, fleeting growth of the brief summer to the deep, muffled silence of the frozen months. Everything about the locality—from the sturdy, utilitarian architecture to the reliance on bush planes for connection to the wider world—reflects a culture that values self-reliance and respects the quiet, formidable power of the surrounding wilderness.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Egegik, Alaska. Coordinates: 58.205148, -157.521978. 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 Egegik includes the ZIP code (99579), telephone area code (907), county seat of Lake and Peninsula, and school district assignment (Lake and Peninsula Borough 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. |