Gulkana Alaska Map

About Gulkana, Alaska

Gulkana is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 1.2 people per km². Gulkana is located at 62.2154°N, 145.4450°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99586, 99588.

Gulkana stretches across a vast expanse of subarctic terrain where the Gulkana River carves a restless, silty path through the earth. It lies 135.0 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 69°T), and is situated 84.9 miles north-northeast of Valdez. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity, carrying the scent of spruce needles and the cold breath of distant ice. To the east, the jagged, snow-dusted summits of the Wrangell Mountains dominate the horizon, standing as silent sentinels over the sprawling taiga. The landscape is defined by this immense scale, a quiet wilderness of muskeg and woodland where the light at dusk lingers in thin, violet ribbons, turning the sky into a bruised canvas that seems to stretch forever.

Gulkana serves as a rugged gateway to the interior, positioned only a short distance from the wild, protected borders of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve. The rhythm of life in Gulkana follows the seasonal turning of the woods, supported by a history rooted in the movement of people and resources across the interior plateau. While Ewan Lake remains a quiet, sequestered mirror fifteen miles away, the local economy remains tethered to the land’s resources and the vital arteries of infrastructure that cross the plains. Life here is measured by the steady, unpretentious labor of those who know how to navigate the brush and the long, deep winters, maintaining a quiet resilience that mirrors the endurance of the surrounding landscape.

About This Gulkana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gulkana, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.215434, -145.444965. 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 Gulkana includes the ZIP code (99586, 99588), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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.