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Hughes Alaska Map

Explore Hughes, 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 Hughes, Alaska

How to Use This Hughes, Alaska Map

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

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	Hughes
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	66.048889
Longitude	-154.255556
Population	85
Density	10.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99745
Area Code	907
School District	Yukon-Koyukuk School District

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About Hughes, Alaska

Hughes is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 85. The population density is 10.8 people per km². Hughes is located at 66.0489°N, 154.2556°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Hughes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99745.

Hughes emerges from the vast, subarctic expanse as a quiet collection of dwellings pressed against the dark, needle-thick density of the taiga. It lies 202.6 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 297°T). The land here is defined by an immense, unyielding scale, where the earth stretches toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Brooks Range, visible only as a faint, bruised line against the northern horizon. Five miles to the east, the deep, still waters of Klalbaimunket Lake mirror a sky that glows with a pale, bruised light at dusk, while the nearby Hatdolitna Canyon cuts a jagged shadow into the rolling, interior plains. Hughes Creek hums with a persistent, low-frequency movement just a mile from the settlement, its waters carving through the silt and stone of a landscape that remains indifferent to the passing of human time.

Life in Hughes has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, shaped by the traditions of the Koyukon Athabascan people who have sustained themselves here for generations. The economy remains grounded in the wisdom of the bush, where the seasonal movement of game and the careful harvest of local resources dictate the pulse of the year. Beyond the immediate settlement, the Indian River Area of Critical Environmental Concern offers a protected expanse of wild territory that underscores the importance of preservation in this remote interior. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of spruce and frost, a reminder that in Hughes, the silence of the wilderness is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, watchful presence that dictates the pace of every day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.2 mi, 092° E
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.3 mi, 180° S · 8.0M acres
Hogatza River Tributaries Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 36.6 mi, 289° W
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.3 mi, 065° NE · 2.6M acres
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 41.8 mi, 354° N · 945k acres
Gates of the Arctic National Park (National Park) — 67.1 mi, 359° N · 7.3M acres
Gates of the Arctic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 67.1 mi, 359° N · 7.2M acres

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