Hooper Bay Alaska Map

About Hooper Bay, Alaska

Hooper Bay is a locality in Kusilvak, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,375. The population density is 70.8 people per km². Hooper Bay is located at 61.5092°N, 166.1115°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Hooper Bay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99604.

Hooper Bay occupies a vast, sprawling expanse of subarctic tundra where the horizon stretches flat and indifferent toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Askinuk Mountains. It lies 535.2 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 279°T), and is situated 153.4 miles west-northwest of Bethel. The ground here is a resilient patchwork of moss, lichen, and low-growing shrubs that change color with the sun’s shifting angle, turning from a muted olive to a deep, burnt ochre as the season wanes. Within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the terrain remains largely untamed, characterized by a complex network of shallow, meandering wetlands and a nearby stream that carves a serpentine path through the peat. The light at dusk possesses a singular, crystalline clarity, casting long, thin shadows that seem to hold the stillness of the land in a brief, suspended breath before the onset of the long, dark winter.

Hooper Bay exists as a center of deep-rooted cultural heritage, where the rhythm of life remains tethered to the traditional cycles of the landscape and the harvesting of regional resources. The economy is defined by a subsistence lifestyle that honors ancestral knowledge, with residents relying on the land to provide for their families throughout the year. Life in Hooper Bay moves with an unforced, deliberate pace, dictated more by the arrival of the seasons than by the mechanics of the clock. Buildings stand sparse and functional against the elements, serving as quiet, durable outposts in a territory that demands respect and endurance from all who call it home.

About This Hooper Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hooper Bay, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.509167, -166.111471. 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 Hooper Bay includes the ZIP code (99604), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kusilvak, and school district assignment (Lower Yukon 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.