Grayling Alaska Map

About Grayling, Alaska

Grayling is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 7.2 people per km². Grayling is located at 62.8961°N, 160.1130°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Grayling is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99590.

Grayling occupies a quiet expanse of interior land where the earth stretches toward the horizon in a vast, muted tapestry of taiga and tundra. It lies 348.6 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 294°T), and is situated 155.9 miles north-northeast of Bethel. Grayling Creek serves as the primary artery of this landscape, its waters carving through the mossy ground with a persistence that defines the local topography. Seventeen miles to the east, the rounded crests of The Three Domes rise against the sky, their presence offering a steady, immobile contrast to the shifting patterns of subarctic light. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality, cooling quickly as the sun dips low, leaving the land in a state of watchful stillness that seems to suspend the very passage of time.

Innoko National Wildlife Refuge lies just two miles away, acting as a sanctuary for the creatures that traverse this immense, untamed territory. The economy of Grayling remains tied to the rhythms of the seasons, characterized by a reliance on the land that has persisted through generations of inhabitants. Life moves at the pace of the bush plane and the seasonal harvest, with residents maintaining a deep familiarity with the wild reaches beyond their doorsteps. In the quiet hours of the evening, the isolation of the interior becomes a tangible weight, grounding Grayling in a reality that is entirely its own, far removed from the clamor of more densely settled regions.

About This Grayling Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grayling, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.896051, -160.112989. 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 Grayling includes the ZIP code (99590), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Iditarod Area 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.