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Holy Cross Alaska Map

Explore Holy Cross, 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 Holy Cross, Alaska

How to Use This Holy Cross, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Holy Cross, 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 Holy Cross.

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	Holy Cross
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.185115
Longitude	-159.858776
Population	176
Density	2.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99602
Area Code	907
School District	Iditarod Area School District

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About Holy Cross, Alaska

Holy Cross is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 2.4 people per km². Holy Cross is located at 62.1851°N, 159.8588°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Holy Cross is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99602.

Holy Cross emerges from the vast, hushed expanse of the interior, where the land stretches in a muted palette of moss-green and charcoal under a sky that seems to possess a weight of its own. It lies 329.9 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 286°T), and is situated 117.2 miles north-northeast of Bethel. The air here holds a crisp, stillness that clarifies the senses, making the distant, hazy silhouette of the Alaska Range appear like a phantom boundary three hundred miles away. Nearby, the Innoko River carves its path through the low-lying terrain, its currents carrying the cold, dark silt of the interior wilderness past the banks. Only five miles distant, Horseshoe Lake offers a mirror to the shifting clouds, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of the outside world, save for the occasional shadow of a raven passing over the taiga.

Holy Cross carries the quiet gravity of a place defined by its isolation and the endurance of its people, who have long navigated the rhythm of the seasons in this northern reach. The proximity to the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding wild remains the dominant force, dictating the patterns of life and the seasonal shifts in the local economy. Historical echoes of mission life still linger in the architecture and the collective memory of the residents, marking the site as a waypoint where faith and survival once converged. Today, the pace of life is measured by the arrival of supplies and the changing color of the brush, a testament to a community that persists with a steady, unadorned resilience in the deep interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.4 mi, 196° S · 62.7M acres
Southwest Peregrine Falcon Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.9 mi, 334° NW
Anvik River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 43.0 mi, 326° NW
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.3 mi, 001° N · 8.1M acres
Innoko Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 45.9 mi, 018° N · 1.3M acres

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