False Pass Alaska Map

About False Pass, Alaska

False Pass is a locality in Aleutians East, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 397. The population density is 6.1 people per km². False Pass is located at 54.8724°N, 163.3343°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. False Pass is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99583.

False Pass occupies a vast, silent expanse of interior tundra where the ground rises in long, deliberate swells toward the jagged crown of Sentinal Peak. It lies 659.5 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 234°T), and is situated 142.6 miles east-northeast of Unalaska. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the horizon and emphasizing the sheer, unpeopled scale of the landscape that stretches for miles in every direction. Beyond the immediate reach of the settlement, the terrain shifts into a mosaic of lichen-covered earth and dwarf shrubs, punctuated only by the occasional passage of a local creek carving a slow, winding path through the soil. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised violet hue, casting long shadows that swallow the low-lying vegetation and remind the observer of the immense, indifferent gravity of the surrounding wilderness.

History in False Pass remains tethered to the rugged demands of a life lived in proximity to the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, which guards the wilder, undeveloped edges of the region just a short distance away. Economic activity functions with a quiet, seasonal precision, relying heavily on the careful stewardship of the land and the persistence of those who navigate its interior isolation. Life moves at the tempo of the bush plane and the seasonal shift of the subarctic sun, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Residents often look toward the distant presence of Little Lagoon to measure the changing weather, finding in the stillness of the landscape a profound sense of continuity that defines the character of False Pass.

About This False Pass Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of False Pass, Alaska. Coordinates: 54.872441, -163.334268. 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 False Pass includes the ZIP code (99583), telephone area code (907), county seat of Aleutians East, and school district assignment (Aleutians East Borough 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.