Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska Map
Explore Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 9 cities and towns in Hoonah-Angoon County below.
Interactive Map of Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska
| County | Hoonah-Angoon |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County Seat | Hoonah |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 58.166049 |
| Longitude | -135.597346 |
| Cities & Towns | 9 |
| Area Codes | 907 |
About Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska
Hoonah-Angoon Borough occupies a vast, fractured geography where the Tongass National Forest meets the cold, deep salt of the North Pacific. The terrain is defined by glacier-cut fjords that slice into the mountain flanks, creating a labyrinth of islands and peninsulas where the spruce forests push right to the high-tide line. Water is the primary constant here, moving through salmon-bright rivers and dark, stillness-heavy inlets that mirror the gray, shifting clouds. The scale of the landscape is immense, a domain of raven and grizzly where the land rises abruptly from the sea into jagged, snow-dusted peaks, and the subarctic light at dusk turns the water to the color of hammered lead, revealing the true, lonely weight of the wilderness.
Hoonah-Angoon Borough emerged as a municipal entity in the late twentieth century, formalizing a region long defined by the Tlingit people and the subsequent arrival of maritime prospectors and timber harvesters. The administrative center evolved from a site of traditional fishing and trade, eventually solidifying its role as a hub for local governance and regional logistics. The history of these communities is measured in the seasonal migration of the salmon and the enduring presence of long-established clans who maintain the oral traditions of the coast. Life here remains tethered to the pulse of the bush plane and the ferry, which serve as the only reliable links across the water, carrying the rhythm of the outside world into a place where the silence of the forest floor is often the loudest thing present.
Economy in this region relies on the sea and the forest, with many residents working in commercial fishing, timber, or the specialized tourism that draws travelers to witness the glaciers and the whale-rich channels. The character of the people is forged by a necessary self-reliance, a quiet toughness required to navigate the damp, cool climate and the isolation of living on the edge of a continent. Small docks and harbors serve as the focal points of daily labor, where the scent of diesel and pine needles hangs heavy in the morning air. It is a place where the immense scale of the mountains dwarfs human ambition, leaving the inhabitants to organize their lives around the tides and the seasonal shifts of the daylight, finding a profound clarity in the simple, demanding work of surviving and thriving in the north.
Cities and Towns in Hoonah-Angoon County
About This Hoonah-Angoon County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska alongside links to detailed street maps for 9 cities and towns. The county seat is Hoonah. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
