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Houston Alaska Map

Explore Houston, 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 Houston, Alaska

How to Use This Houston, Alaska Map

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

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	Houston
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Matanuska-Susitna
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	61.615303
Longitude	-149.80061
Population	1,975
Density	31.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99694
Area Code	907
School District	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

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About Houston, Alaska

Houston is a locality in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,975. The population density is 31.9 people per km². Houston is located at 61.6153°N, 149.8006°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Houston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99694.

Houston anchors itself in the sprawling silence of the lowlands, where the Little Susitna River carves a dark, serpentine path through dense stands of spruce and birch. It lies 10.1 miles northwest of Knik-Fairview, AK (from Knik-Fairview, AK: bearing 321°T), and is situated 7.1 miles west of Meadow Lakes. The landscape remains defined by the rhythmic pulse of this waterway, which carries the cold, clear runoff of the distant Alaska Range, a jagged white silhouette that haunts the horizon under the long, slanted light of the subarctic sun. Within the stillness of the taiga, the air holds a sharp, clean clarity, and the proximity to the coast—a mere thirteen miles away—brings a subtle, briny dampness to the wind that stirs the needles of the forest. To the north, the terrain gives way to the mirrored surface of Nancy Lake, while the sheltered, island-dotted waters of K'itudaghi'ut wait further out, grounding the vast expanse in a quiet, coastal gravity.

Houston persists as a testament to the rugged self-reliance of the frontier, its economy woven through the seasonal cycles of the land and the endurance of those who work the bush. The proximity of the Little Susitna Recreation River draws travelers seeking the quiet solitude of the riverbank, where the passage of salmon defines the rhythm of the year more than any clock. History here is written in the tracks of the wild and the steady expansion of homesteads that have claimed space amidst the muskeg and timber. Life in Houston moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the immense scale of the surrounding wilderness, where the occasional drone of a bush plane or the distant, muffled movement of a raven provides the only interruption to the persistent, ancient quiet of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Susitna Recreation River (State Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 286° W
Lake View Public Park (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 109° E
Carousel Public Use Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 107° E
Nancy Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 269° W
Curtis D. Menard Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 107° E
Bumpus Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 098° E
Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 129° SE
South Rolly Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 289° W
Salmon mosaic (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 101° E
Red Barn (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 084° E
Nike Site Bay Missile Launch Area (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 191° S
Susitna Flats State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 228° SW
Bear statue (Public Artwork) — 15.3 mi, 105° E
Bruce Aaron Roberts (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 154° SE
Eklutna Historical Park (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 126° SE
Gorge Viewing Deck (Viewpoint) — 18.5 mi, 129° SE
Thunder Bird Falls (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 129° SE
Scenic Overlook (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 070° E
Gateway Scenic Overlook (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 070° E
Musk Ox Farm (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 086° E
Chugach State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 161° S
Gold Star Monuments (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 121° SE
Sheep Creek Sport Fishing Access Site (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 340° N
Nike Site Summit Integrated Fire Control Area (Historic Ruins) — 26.3 mi, 160° S
Nike Site Summit Missile Launch Area (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 162° S
LumaLim (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 186° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.6 mi, 181° S · 3.9M acres
Dave Spencer Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.8 mi, 204° SW · 186k acres
Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 45.1 mi, 178° S · 5.4M acres
Denali National Park (National Park) — 72.5 mi, 347° N · 4.7M acres

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