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False Pass Alaska Map

Explore False Pass, 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 False Pass, Alaska

How to Use This False Pass, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for False Pass, 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 False Pass.

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	False Pass
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Aleutians East
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	54.872441
Longitude	-163.334268
Population	397
Density	6.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99583
Area Code	907
School District	Aleutians East Borough School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — locality lies within · 7.4M acres
Unimak Island Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.8 mi, 218° SW · 922k acres
Izembek Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 006° N
West Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.8 mi, 010° N · 96k acres
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 010° N · 721k acres
Old Morzhovoi Village (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 005° N
World War II US Army Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 17.7 mi, 072° E
Arnold Shaul (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 045° NE
Jean Shaul (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 045° NE
714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 033° NE
Raft Reggata (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 050° NE
Pavlof Shislandin Overlook (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 043° NE

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