Fort Greely Alaska Map

About Fort Greely, Alaska

Fort Greely is a locality in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 10.8 people per km². Fort Greely is located at 63.9678°N, 145.7149°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99737, 99731.

Fort Greely holds its position upon a vast, subarctic expanse where the air possesses a crystalline sharpness that seems to sharpen the very edges of the horizon. It lies 79.1 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 136°T), and is situated 84.7 miles southeast of Fairbanks. The landscape surrounding Fort Greely unfolds in a sprawling, muted palette of taiga and tundra, where the low-angled sun of the northern latitudes casts long, amber shadows across the ground for much of the day. Only four miles away, the waters of Jarvis Creek cut a cold, rhythmic path through the gravelly earth, while five miles to the north, Sheefish Lake reflects the immense, cloud-streaked sky with a clarity that borders on the profound. Though the massive, jagged peaks of the Alaska Range remain a distant, ethereal silhouette far to the south, the immediate terrain feels defined by its own quiet, wind-scoured endurance, occasionally giving way to the dense, silent reaches of the Tanana Valley State Forest just nine miles out.

Military activity serves as the primary pulse of the local economy, anchoring the daily life of the installation in a rigorous, disciplined routine that contrasts with the wild, untamed nature of the interior. Established to test human and mechanical resilience against the most punishing cold, the facility functions as a sentinel of modern defense, where the quiet industry of research and readiness hums beneath the stillness of the interior winter. The existence here is a study in precise adaptation, where the architecture is built to withstand the deep, atmospheric pressures of the subarctic environment while supporting the specialized work of those stationed in this remote theater. Beyond the perimeter, the rhythm of the land remains indifferent to the machines of man, as ravens traverse the sky above the scrub brush and the vast, inland distance stretches out to remind every traveler of the scale and solitude inherent to this northern latitude.

About This Fort Greely Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fort Greely, Alaska. Coordinates: 63.9678, -145.7149. 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 Fort Greely includes the ZIP code (99737, 99731), telephone area code (907), county seat of Southeast Fairbanks, and school district assignment (Delta/Greely 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.