Glennallen Alaska Map
Explore Glennallen, 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 Glennallen, Alaska
How to Use This Glennallen, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glennallen, 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 Glennallen.
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 | Glennallen |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Copper River |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 62.153867 |
| Longitude | -145.844069 |
| Population | 439 |
| Density | 1.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99588 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Copper River School District |
About Glennallen, Alaska
Glennallen is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 439. The population density is 1.5 people per km². Glennallen is located at 62.1539°N, 145.8441°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99588.Glennallen occupies a vast, high-altitude plateau where the horizon stretches toward the jagged, snow-dusted silhouettes of the Wrangell Mountains. It lies 126.9 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 73°T), and is situated 72.5 miles north-northeast of Valdez. Moose Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the earth here, its waters reflecting the subarctic light that shifts from sharp, crystalline blue in the morning to a deep, bruised violet at dusk. The land is defined by the resilience of taiga forest and the pervasive silence of the interior, where the air possesses a biting clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every spruce and willow. Only sixteen miles away, Tolsona Lake sits as a stagnant, dark mirror in the basin, while the immense, untamed expanse of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve looms just eight miles from the center, acting as a profound reminder of the scale of the wilderness that surrounds the settlement.
Glennallen serves as a vital junction in the interior, shaped by a history of road construction and the logistical demands of supporting life in a landscape that resists easy taming. The local economy relies on the steady movement of travelers and the infrastructure required to maintain life along the highway, where the presence of the oil pipeline serves as a metallic, industrial counterpoint to the ancient, sweeping plains. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of those who understand the winter’s weight, prioritizing the maintenance of equipment and the gathering of supplies over the frantic speed of larger, more crowded places. It is a region where the raven is a constant, watchful presence, and where the daily rhythm is dictated not by clocks, but by the subtle, ever-changing demands of a climate that defines the character of everyone who calls the plateau home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Scenic Point (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 110° E
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 090° E · 4.3M acres
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 23.8 mi, 076° E · 8.0M acres
- Gulkana River (Wild & Scenic River) — 28.6 mi, 000° N · 93k acres
- Nelchina Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.1 mi, 270° W
- Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.9 mi, 089° E · 9.7M acres
- Alaska Yaks (Attraction) — 48.3 mi, 132° SE
- Trooper Bruce A. Heck Monument (Monument) — 52.7 mi, 248° W
- Delta River (Wild & Scenic River) — 55.1 mi, 354° N · 44k acres
- Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 58.7 mi, 202° S · 5.4M acres
- Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 58.7 mi, 202° S · 2.2M acres
- MICA Glacier Adventures (Attraction) — 67.4 mi, 249° W
- Glacier View 4th of July Car Launch (Monument) — 70.2 mi, 250° W
- Richardson Monument (Attraction) — 71.7 mi, 008° N
- Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum (Museum) — 72.4 mi, 194° S
- Whispering Giant, by Peter Toth (Public Artwork) — 72.6 mi, 193° S
- Dock Point Trail (Attraction) — 72.8 mi, 193° S
- Valdez Civic Center (Cinema) — 73.0 mi, 194° S
- Shoup Bay State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 73.0 mi, 199° S
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About This Glennallen Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glennallen, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.153867, -145.844069. 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 Glennallen includes the ZIP code (99588), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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. |
