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Harding-Birch Lakes Alaska Map

Explore Harding-Birch Lakes, 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 Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska

How to Use This Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Harding-Birch Lakes, 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 Harding-Birch Lakes.

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	Harding-Birch Lakes
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Fairbanks North Star
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	64.381305
Longitude	-146.530601
Population	253
Density	0.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99714
Area Code	907
School District	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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About Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska

Harding-Birch Lakes is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 253. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Harding-Birch Lakes is located at 64.3813°N, 146.5306°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99714.

Harding-Birch Lakes emerges from the vast, hushed expanse of the interior, where the land holds its breath under the weight of an immense, subarctic sky. It lies 42.7 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 141°T), and is situated 27.6 miles south-southeast of Eielson AFB. Dark spires of spruce needles pierce the low-hanging clouds, defining a landscape that stretches toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Alaska Range. Here, the earth is composed of ancient silts and deep, frozen layers, a terrain where the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples against the horizon. The proximity of the Tanana Valley State Forest provides a dense, wild perimeter, offering a sanctuary of birch and willow that seems to absorb the very sound of the wind, leaving only the sharp, clean scent of resin and cooling soil.

Human presence at Harding-Birch Lakes remains a quiet negotiation with the unforgiving scale of the wilderness, established by those drawn to the solitude of the northern woods. The local economy is tied to the rhythms of the land and the maintenance of the infrastructure that allows for life in such a remote corridor, including the nearby presence of Junction Creek, which carves its way through the brush with a persistent, icy clarity. Residents often look toward Harding Lake, a nearby mirror for the changing seasons, as a focal point for the brief, intense summers. The pace of life here is dictated not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of the sun and the necessity of preparation for the long, quiet winter, a cycle that shapes the character of everyone who calls this place home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — locality lies within
Silver Fox Lodge (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 254° W
Broken Mammoth site (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 124° SE
Swan Point (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 118° SE
Chena River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 360° N
Airmen's Monument (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 322° NW
POW-MIA Memorial (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 322° NW
Heritage Park/Global Engagement (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 322° NW
Lady of the Lake B-29 Superfortress (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 322° NW
Newby Park (Local Park) — 33.2 mi, 319° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 35.3 mi, 317° NW
Denali's Fault. Scenic overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.9 mi, 138° SE
Paws For Adventure (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 322° NW
Fairbanks Office Wildlife (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.0 mi, 313° NW · 2 acres
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 313° NW
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 313° NW
Moose Antler Arch (Attraction) — 47.6 mi, 313° NW
Creamer's Field (State Conservation Area) — 47.7 mi, 315° NW
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 313° NW
Denali Backroads (Attraction) — 47.9 mi, 313° NW
Delta Junction Bison Range Area (State Resource Management Area) — 47.9 mi, 143° SE
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 51.2 mi, 311° NW
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 52.2 mi, 317° NW
Steese National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 59.4 mi, 015° N · 1.2M acres
Delta River (Wild & Scenic River) — 61.7 mi, 161° S · 44k acres
Birch Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 65.9 mi, 019° N · 69k acres
Mount Prindle (Wmnra) Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 74.1 mi, 001° N
Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 77.4 mi, 281° W

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