Holy Cross Alaska Map

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.

About This Holy Cross Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holy Cross, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.185115, -159.858776. 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 Holy Cross includes the ZIP code (99602), 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.