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Hope Alaska Map

Explore Hope, 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 Hope, Alaska

How to Use This Hope, Alaska Map

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

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	Hope
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	60.886124
Longitude	-149.632991
Population	161
Density	1.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99605
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Hope, Alaska

Hope is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 1.2 people per km². Hope is located at 60.8861°N, 149.6330°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99605.

Hope commands the shoreline where the relentless pulse of the Pacific Ocean meets the rugged margins of the Chugach National Forest. It lies 22.3 miles south-southeast of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 157°T), and is situated 41.2 miles south of Knik-Fairview. Resurrection Creek carves a path through the landscape, its clear, cold waters offering a constant, low-frequency hum that defines the auditory life of the surroundings. Beyond the immediate reach of the tide, the land rises in stubborn, forested slopes, while the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Kenai Mountains anchor the horizon in shades of bruised violet and slate. The air here holds a peculiar, sharp clarity, smelling of damp earth and salt, as if the immense scale of the wilderness is perpetually pressing against the quiet edges of the dwellings.

Prospectors once arrived in Hope with dreams of gold, leaving behind a legacy that still echoes in the quiet industry of the region. While the fever of the past has long since cooled, the local economy remains tethered to the land and water, moving with the seasonal migration of salmon and the intermittent interest of those seeking the isolation of the backcountry. Travelers often arrive to traverse the Bull Rock Trail, venturing toward the rugged terrain of Gold Gulch or gazing toward the icy, impassive face of Bird Glacier, which looms thirteen miles distant. Life in Hope proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far removed from the clamor of wider worlds, while Halfway Island sits solitary in the dark water, a silent sentinel watching over the slow, rhythmic shifts of the tide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 5.4M acres
Resurrection Pass National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 1.1 mi, 176° S · 139 acres
Hope Schoolhouse (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 353° N
Canyon Creek Blacksmith (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 353° N
Hope and Sunrise Historical Society (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 353° N
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.0 mi, 267° W · 3.9M acres
Chugach State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 000° N
Indian Valley Mine (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 027° NE
Beluga Point Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 346° N
Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 334° NW
Potter Marsh (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 335° NW
Rabbit Creek Road Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 349° N
Indigenous Place Name Marker (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 334° NW
Dave Spencer Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.4 mi, 252° W · 186k acres
Marlow Pavilion/Stage (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 072° E
Dall Sheep (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 342° N
Mt.Alyeska Tram (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 072° E
Mystery Creek Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 221° SW · 45k acres
Welcome to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula sign (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 098° E
Regal Dimond Center 9 Cinemas (Cinema) — 19.4 mi, 336° NW
Nothern Air Cargo DC-6 (Monument) — 22.6 mi, 332° NW
Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 337° NW
Benny Benson Memorial (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 336° NW
Dos Manos (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 337° NW
West High Theatre (Theatre) — 23.7 mi, 337° NW
Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 339° N
Anchorage Museum Planetarium (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 340° N
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 40.5 mi, 186° S · 601k acres
Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 45.9 mi, 157° SE · 2.2M acres
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 69.7 mi, 180° S · 13.7M acres

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