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Kachemak Alaska Map

Explore Kachemak, 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 Kachemak, Alaska

How to Use This Kachemak, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	59.674585
Longitude	-151.446272
Population	576
Density	132.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99603
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Kachemak, Alaska

Kachemak is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 576. The population density is 132.9 people per km². Kachemak is located at 59.6746°N, 151.4463°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Kachemak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99603.

Kachemak occupies a terrain where the raw, muscular reach of the land meets the restless edge of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 118.9 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 207°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-northeast of Homer. The landscape is defined by the sharp, downward slope of Bear Canyon, which funnels the cool, damp air toward the shore, while the horizon is anchored by the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Kenai Mountains. A mile away, the cold currents of the Pacific Ocean churn against the coastline, and the proximity of Palmer Creek ensures that the soil remains perpetually saturated, feeding a dense, resilient undergrowth. On quiet evenings, the light here turns a bruised, translucent violet, casting long shadows that seem to stretch from the depths of the hinterland toward the water, imbuing the atmosphere with a sense of immense, unmeasured scale.

Kachemak maintains an existence shaped by the rhythms of the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, a protected expanse that governs the local relationship with the sea. Life here is tethered to the harvest of the tides and the seasonal migrations that dictate the local economy, drawing those who find beauty in the austere demands of a subarctic environment. While the presence of Gull Island provides a distant, rugged point of orientation in the water, the interior life of the region is equally defined by the presence of Lampert Lake and the persistent, slow-moving influence of the distant Dixon Glacier. The character of Kachemak is forged in this balance between the preservation of wild, tidal ecosystems and the practical, often solitary labor of inhabitants who have learned to thrive where the tundra meets the salt spray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.7 mi, 154° SE
Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 154° SE
Homer Airport (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 200° S
Elliot Fischer Memorial Platform (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 295° NW
Kachemak Bay Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 071° E
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 220° SW · 61 acres
Alaska Ultimate Safaris (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 229° SW
Pratt Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 241° SW
Alaska Bear Viewing Tours (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 171° S
Seafarer's Memorial (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 169° S
Diana Tillion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 127° SE
Experience Gallery (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 128° SE
Kachemak Bay State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 177° S
Great Midden (Historic Ruins) — 11.1 mi, 189° S
Yukon Island Dig (Historic Ruins) — 11.1 mi, 187° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.4 mi, 090° E · 3.9M acres
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.4 mi, 090° E · 1.1M acres
Seldovia Village Tribe Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 210° SW
Seldovia Boardwalk (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 209° SW
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 21.4 mi, 130° SE · 601k acres
Boat Launch (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 343° N
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 47.0 mi, 304° NW · 2.5M acres
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 58.9 mi, 322° NW · 2.6M acres
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 61.1 mi, 006° N
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 74.6 mi, 072° E
1969 Russian River Fire and Mark Westover (Monument) — 74.6 mi, 042° NE
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 75.5 mi, 066° NE
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 75.6 mi, 066° NE
Founder's Monument (Monument) — 75.7 mi, 066° NE
Shuyak Island State Park (State Park) — 76.9 mi, 204° SW

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