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Goodnews Bay Alaska Map

Explore Goodnews Bay, 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 Goodnews Bay, Alaska

How to Use This Goodnews Bay, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Goodnews Bay, 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 Goodnews Bay.

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	Goodnews Bay
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	59.127165
Longitude	-161.575325
Population	258
Density	29.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99589
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Goodnews Bay, Alaska

Goodnews Bay is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 258. The population density is 29.9 people per km². Goodnews Bay is located at 59.1272°N, 161.5753°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Goodnews Bay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99589.

Goodnews Bay sits upon a broad, inland expanse where the subarctic light stretches thin and pale across the tundra, illuminating the subtle shifts in vegetation from low-lying brush to the mossy, lichen-dusted earth. It lies 426.4 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 255°T), and is situated 115.8 miles south of Bethel. To the east, the Kiglapak Mountains rise in jagged, weathered silhouettes that define the horizon, their slopes acting as a silent, stony sentry over the flat, sprawling plains. The Goodnews River weaves a singular, dark ribbon through this terrain, its path dictated by the slow, seasonal pulse of snowmelt and the persistent thaw of the permafrost. Nearby, the Ilanik Lakes reflect the vast, open sky, their still surfaces providing a quiet contrast to the persistent, restless wind that scours the landscape and carries the scent of damp peat and ancient, cooling stone.

History in Goodnews Bay is marked by the industrious spirit of those who sought value in the earth, a legacy of mineral extraction that once drew prospectors to these remote, interior reaches. Today, the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the stewardship of the land, heavily influenced by the proximity of the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge. This protected expanse ensures that the character of the region remains wild and largely undisturbed, a place where the movement of caribou and the flight of ravens provide the primary measure of time. Life in Goodnews Bay unfolds with a deliberate, measured pace, requiring a deep familiarity with the changing temper of the seasons and a resilience born from living in a vast, isolated interior where the scale of the world dwarfs the human footprint.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Togiak National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 165° S · 8.6M acres
Carter Spit Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.6 mi, 333° NW
Togiak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.7 mi, 027° NE · 2.4M acres
Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 47.5 mi, 128° SE
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 353° N · 62.7M acres
Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 67.2 mi, 121° SE

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