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Fox River Alaska Map

Explore Fox River, 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 Fox River, Alaska

How to Use This Fox River, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fox River, 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 Fox River.

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	Fox River
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	59.889921
Longitude	-151.012102
Population	644
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99603
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Fox River, Alaska

Fox River is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 644. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Fox River is located at 59.8899°N, 151.0121°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99603.

Fox River emerges from the confluence of glacial silt and tidal push, a landscape defined by the relentless pull of the Pacific Ocean just three miles away. It lies 100.6 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 201°T), and is situated 14.4 miles northeast of Fritz Creek. The terrain here is an expanse of low-lying flats and marshy ground, where the water table rises to meet the sky, reflecting a subarctic light that shifts from pale lemon to bruised violet as the day wanes. To the north, the distant profile of the Kenai Mountains anchors the horizon, a serrated edge against the clouds, while the persistent flow of Fox River winds through the silt, carving shallow, wandering channels through the sediment. Beyond the immediate banks, the land gives way to a wilderness of spruce and willow, an untamed periphery where the presence of the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve guards the integrity of the intertidal zones against the encroaching silence.

Human presence in Fox River remains tethered to the rhythms of the tide and the seasonal migrations that have defined this coastline for generations. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the environment, relying on the natural harvest of the surrounding waters and the occasional passage of bush planes that serve as the only reliable link to the broader world. History here is not written in stone, but in the shifting mudflats and the debris deposited by the currents, a reminder of the immense scale that dwarfs any singular effort to tame the wild. While the rugged isolation keeps the pace of life slow, the inhabitants remain attentive to the distant, frozen majesty of Dixon Glacier and the occasional silhouette of Chugachik Island rising from the gray waters. It is a place where the stillness is punctuated only by the cries of ravens and the rhythmic pulse of the ocean, a geography that demands respect for its cold, expansive indifference.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.3 mi, 000° N · 1.1M acres
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 000° N · 3.9M acres
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.0 mi, 173° S
Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 158° S
Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 192° S
Kachemak Bay State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 187° S
Kachemak Bay Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 219° SW
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 19.0 mi, 158° S · 601k acres
Elliot Fischer Memorial Platform (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 229° SW
Diana Tillion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 202° S
Experience Gallery (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 202° S
Seafarer's Memorial (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 215° SW
Alaska Bear Viewing Tours (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 216° SW
Alaska Ultimate Safaris (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 226° SW
Homer Theater (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 228° SW
Pratt Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 228° SW
Boat Launch (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 296° NW
Yukon Island Dig (Historic Ruins) — 30.7 mi, 213° SW
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.9 mi, 136° SE · 13.7M acres
Great Midden (Historic Ruins) — 30.9 mi, 213° SW
Holgate Glacier Face (Attraction) — 39.7 mi, 093° E
Seldovia Village Tribe Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 218° SW
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 350° N
Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 49.3 mi, 044° NE · 5.4M acres
Dave Spencer Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.0 mi, 010° N · 186k acres
1969 Russian River Fire and Mark Westover (Monument) — 53.5 mi, 041° NE
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 56.2 mi, 074° E
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 56.3 mi, 074° E
Founder's Monument (Monument) — 56.4 mi, 074° E
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 78.5 mi, 329° NW · 2.5M acres

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