Explore Farmers Loop, 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 Farmers Loop, 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 Farmers Loop.
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 | Farmers Loop |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Fairbanks North Star |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 64.908228 |
| Longitude | -147.698608 |
| Population | 4,704 |
| Density | 83.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99712 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District |
Farmers Loop arcs through the northern interior like a slow, deliberate breath held against the subarctic chill. It lies 4.1 miles north of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 10°T), and is situated 8.1 miles northwest of Badger. The terrain here rises in long, muscular ridges that slope toward the low-lying basin of French Gulch, where the air holds the scent of damp moss and cooling earth. Jessila Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush, its waters moving with a quiet urgency toward the vastness of the taiga. To the south, the distant Alaska Range hangs on the horizon like a jagged, spectral promise, while the expansive, golden grasses of Creamer's Field offer a seasonal sanctuary for migrating birds. The light in Farmers Loop possesses a peculiar, honeyed quality during the long dusk, stretching shadows across the landscape until the ground seems to dissolve into a deep, velvet gray.
Farmers Loop traces its origins to the early agricultural ambitions of those who sought to coax life from the resilient, frost-touched soil. Today, the economy reflects a blend of quiet homesteading and the steady, hum-like persistence of residents who prefer the solitude of the woods to the density of urban centers. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift of the sun and the proximity to the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, where the silence is profound and heavy with the weight of ancient spruce. Nearby, Lake Paul mirrors the vast expanse of the sky, providing a still, reflective anchor for those who live on its periphery. There is a distinct, unhurried character to the days in Farmers Loop, defined not by the clamor of industry, but by the watchful eyes of ravens and the slow, rhythmic cycle of the interior seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farmers Loop, Alaska. Coordinates: 64.908228, -147.698608. 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 Farmers Loop includes the ZIP code (99712), telephone area code (907), county seat of Fairbanks North Star, and school district assignment (Fairbanks North Star 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. |