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Klukwan Alaska Map

Explore Klukwan, 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 Klukwan, Alaska

How to Use This Klukwan, Alaska Map

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

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	Klukwan
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Hoonah-Angoon
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Juneau)

Latitude	59.403889
Longitude	-135.884444
Population	87
Density	24.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99827
Area Code	907
School District	Chatham School District

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About Klukwan, Alaska

Klukwan is a locality in Hoonah-Angoon, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 24.2 people per km². Klukwan is located at 59.4039°N, 135.8844°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Juneau) timezone. ZIP code: 99827.

Klukwan remains a deliberate presence amidst the dense, shadowed timber of the interior wilderness. It lies 92.4 miles northwest of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 326°T), and is situated 163.7 miles north of Sitka. Iron Mountain looms two miles to the east, a stark sentinel of rock that watches over the quiet movement of the land, while the distant, frozen expanse of Aurel Glacier exerts a cold, pale influence upon the atmosphere. The air here holds a heavy, ancient stillness, broken only by the shifting of spruce needles or the sudden, sharp call of a raven navigating the thermals. Five miles away, the low ground of Moose Valley offers a subtle contrast to the jagged rise of the terrain, where the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, metallic violet that seems to press against the dark, needle-pointed horizon.

Klukwan serves as a vital center for the Tlingit people, preserving a heritage that survives in the intricate wooden carvings and the profound, living memory of the clan houses. Local life is defined by the seasonal rhythms of the forest, with many residents engaged in traditional subsistence practices that have sustained these families for generations. The legacy of the Dalton Trail, which passes just three miles from the settlement, remains a quiet reminder of historical passage and trade through these rugged corridors. Nearby, the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve protects the vast gatherings of raptors that descend upon the local streams, marking the land as a place where the wild persists in its own unyielding terms, indifferent to the reach of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 206° SW
Chilkat River Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 161° S
Haines State Forest Resource Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 183° S
The Kroschel Wildlife Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.9 mi, 299° NW
Glacier Bay Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.5 mi, 182° S · 2.7M acres
Glacier Bay National Park (National Park) — 15.5 mi, 182° S · 3.2M acres
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.5 mi, 182° S
Haines State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 19.1 mi, 108° E
Fort Seward (Historic Castle / Fort) — 19.8 mi, 128° SE
Soapy and Reed Gunfight Plaque (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 080° E
Gold Rush Stampeders (Public Artwork) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
Snow Plow #1 1899 (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
Locomotive Engine No. 52 (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
Soapy Smith's Parlor (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
Red Onion Saloon Brothel Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
City of Skagway Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.2 mi, 078° E
Packer Expeditions (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 080° E
Lynch and Kennedy (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 080° E
Eagles Hall (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 080° E
Chilkat State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 127° SE
Warm Pass Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 28.2 mi, 065° NE
Tongass National Forest (National Forest) — 30.0 mi, 162° S · 16.7M acres
Endicott River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.6 mi, 169° S · 98k acres
Point Bridget State Park (State Park) — 59.0 mi, 147° SE
The Outpost (Theatre) — 68.2 mi, 176° S
Strawberry Point Historical Museum (Museum) — 68.7 mi, 176° S
Nagoonberry Trailhead (Nature Reserve) — 69.1 mi, 175° S

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