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Excursion Inlet Alaska Map

Explore Excursion Inlet, 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 Excursion Inlet, Alaska

How to Use This Excursion Inlet, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Excursion Inlet, 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 Excursion Inlet.

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	Excursion Inlet
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Haines
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Juneau)

Latitude	58.415144
Longitude	-135.345462
Population	40
Density	0.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99827, 99850
Area Code	907
School District	Haines Borough School District

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About Excursion Inlet, Alaska

Excursion Inlet is a locality in Haines, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. The population density is 0.3 people per km². Excursion Inlet is located at 58.4151°N, 135.3455°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Juneau) timezone. ZIP codes: 99827, 99850.

Excursion Inlet emerges from the dense, evergreen canopy of the Tongass National Forest as a quiet, inland bastion of wild timber and deep-rooted earth. It lies 37.8 miles west-northwest of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 283°T), and is situated 94.6 miles north of Sitka. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, emerald silence of ancient trees and the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Chilkat Range, which trace a broken ink-line against the northern sky. Seven miles to the east, the Excursion River carves its path through the loam, a cold and persistent artery that feeds the vitality of the surrounding woodland. Ten miles further, the stillness of Teardrop Lake offers a mirror to the subarctic light, which lingers in long, golden bruises across the horizon during the transition into evening. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp moss and decomposing cedar, a sensory weight that reminds a visitor of the immense, indifferent scale of the wilderness that presses in from every side.

Economic life in Excursion Inlet has historically been tethered to the harvest of the forest and the strategic utilization of the land’s natural bounty, evolving through eras of industrial labor that define the local rhythm. The settlement occupies a space of pragmatic endurance, where the isolation demands a certain self-reliance and a deliberate pace of existence. Life here is not measured by the frantic ticking of a clock, but by the slow, seasonal shifts of the taiga and the labor required to maintain a presence within the Tongass National Forest. Residents move with the quiet focus of those who understand the temper of the terrain, finding a modest, resilient stability in the shadow of the mountains. Excursion Inlet remains a place where human endeavor is perpetually softened by the vast, unyielding reach of the interior, grounding every inhabitant in the stark, beautiful reality of the northern woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tongass National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 16.7M acres
Glacier Bay National Park (National Park) — 5.3 mi, 356° N · 3.2M acres
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.3 mi, 356° N
Glacier Bay Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 mi, 356° N · 2.7M acres
Pleasant/Lemusurier/Inian Islands Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.5 mi, 234° SW · 23k acres
Gustavus Flats Fee (Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 272° W
Saint James Bay State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 023° NE
Nagoonberry Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 268° W
Stone Bear (Public Artwork) — 13.8 mi, 270° W
Strawberry Point Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 270° W
The Outpost (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 271° W
Shelter Island State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 084° E
Orca Statue (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 193° S
In Alaska's Wildest Kitchen (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 192° S
Historic Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 192° S
Point Bridget State Park (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 037° NE
The Plaza at The Shops by HTA (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 189° S
Heen Latinee Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 22.0 mi, 043° NE
Outer Point (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 108° E
Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 28.9 mi, 089° E
Admiralty Island National Monument (National Monument) — 31.5 mi, 142° SE · 1.0M acres
Chum Fun Charters! (Attraction) — 32.7 mi, 101° E
Wickersham State Historical Site (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 102° E
Liberty Bell Reproduction (Monument) — 34.8 mi, 103° E
20th Century Theatre (Cinema) — 34.9 mi, 103° E
Sealaska Heritage Institute (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 103° E
Alaska Robotics (Gallery) — 34.9 mi, 103° E
Commercial Fishermen's Memorial (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 103° E
USS Juneau Memorial (Monument) — 35.4 mi, 103° E
Seymour Ewma Origional Boundary Eagle Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 49.3 mi, 129° SE · 37k acres

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