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Kotlik Alaska Map

Explore Kotlik, 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 Kotlik, Alaska

How to Use This Kotlik, Alaska Map

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

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	Kotlik
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kusilvak
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	63.02919
Longitude	-163.536654
Population	655
Density	84.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99620
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Yukon School District

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About Kotlik, Alaska

Kotlik is a locality in Kusilvak, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 655. The population density is 84.5 people per km². Kotlik is located at 63.0292°N, 163.5367°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Kotlik is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99620.

Kotlik occupies a vast expanse of low-lying tundra where the earth holds the moisture of the deep interior, creating a landscape defined by an intricate network of grasses and frozen soil. It lies 457.6 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 292°T), and is situated 165.6 miles north-northwest of Bethel. The Little Kotlik River winds through this terrain, its path a quiet, persistent presence that shapes the ground and dictates the movement of the land. Far to the south, the Chatinakh Hills rise in a faint, muted silhouette against the horizon, marking the limit of the flat plains that stretch toward the center of the continent. Within the protected boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the light at dusk settles over the tundra with a heavy, bruised violet hue, catching the stalks of sedge and willow in a fleeting, metallic glow that renders the immense scale of the region palpable.

History in Kotlik remains bound to the cycles of the interior, where generations have navigated the challenges of a landscape that demands self-reliance and deep familiarity with the changing seasons. The local economy persists through the harvest of resources provided by the surrounding plains and the quiet persistence of traditional ways that have endured long before the modern era. Small clusters of structures anchor the life of the people here, serving as a point of stability amidst the immense, open silence of the refuge. Everyday life in Kotlik moves with the deliberate pace of a climate that forces a slow, thoughtful rhythm, where the hum of a bush plane overhead serves as the primary connection to the world beyond the reach of the rivers and the distant, lonely hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.4 mi, 354° N · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 012° N
Andreafsky Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 38.8 mi, 168° S · 1.6M acres
Andreafsky River (Wild & Scenic River) — 50.3 mi, 155° SE · 9,512 acres

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