Kotlik Alaska Map

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.

About This Kotlik Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kotlik, Alaska. Coordinates: 63.02919, -163.536654. 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 Kotlik includes the ZIP code (99620), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kusilvak, and school district assignment (Lower Yukon 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.