Huslia Alaska Map

About Huslia, Alaska

Huslia is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 304. The population density is 7.4 people per km². Huslia is located at 65.7055°N, 156.3110°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Huslia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99746.

Huslia emerges from the vast, subarctic silence as a scatter of dwellings held firmly within the embrace of the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge. It lies 254.9 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 287°T). The landscape here is defined by an immense, low-lying horizon where the taiga stretches in muted shades of spruce-green and gray, punctuated only by the stillness of Mingogut Lake just a mile away. Far to the south, the Huslia River meanders through the muskeg, its waters reflecting a light that seems to linger for hours during the endless summer dusk. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Brooks Range offers a jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient, unyielding scale, standing watch over a wilderness that feels both indifferent and profoundly alive.

Huslia remains a place where the rhythm of existence is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the ancestral knowledge of the land. Historically rooted in the traditions of the Koyukon Athabascan people, the local economy continues to draw its strength from the cycles of the interior, with subsistence hunting and trapping providing a deep, enduring continuity. Life in Huslia moves with the deliberate pace of those who rely on bush planes for connection and the seasonal freeze to bridge the distance between neighbors. It is a quiet, resilient reality, where the raven remains a constant companion to the people, and the legacy of the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding wild remains as expansive and untamed as the stories passed down through generations.

About This Huslia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Huslia, Alaska. Coordinates: 65.705524, -156.310953. 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 Huslia includes the ZIP code (99746), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Yukon-Koyukuk 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.