Fox Alaska Map

About Fox, Alaska

Fox is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 406. The population density is 12.1 people per km². Fox is located at 64.9749°N, 147.6090°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99712.

Fox sits amidst a rugged expanse of taiga where the subarctic light stretches shadows long across the permafrost. It lies 8.8 miles north-northeast of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 19°T), and is situated 8.8 miles northeast of College. The landscape surrounding Fox is defined by the steady, low-slung flow of Glenn Creek, which carves a quiet path through the terrain as it winds toward the shadows of Irish Gulch. Beyond the immediate thickets of spruce and birch, the distant peaks of the Alaska Range haunt the horizon like jagged teeth, reminding the observer of the immense, cold scale of the interior. Two miles away, the Goldstream Lakes hold a stillness that mirrors the pale, expansive sky, grounding the earth in a persistent, icy silence.

Gold mining once defined the pulse of Fox, leaving behind a weathered character etched into the gravel bars and abandoned sluice boxes that still freckle the woods. While the economy has shifted toward the rhythms of modern logistics and the transit of fuel, the remnants of that industrious past remain visible in the scattered, rusted machinery resting in the moss. Residents find a distinct solitude here, a life lived in proximity to the Goldstream Public Use Area, where the land is left to the ravens and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. Life in Fox moves with a functional, unadorned gravity, shaped by the necessity of preparation and the quiet endurance required to thrive in a landscape that neither asks for nor offers apology.

About This Fox Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fox, Alaska. Coordinates: 64.974859, -147.609007. 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 Fox 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).

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.