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Kwigillingok Alaska Map

Explore Kwigillingok, 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 Kwigillingok, Alaska

How to Use This Kwigillingok, Alaska Map

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

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	Kwigillingok
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	59.877575
Longitude	-163.177317
Population	380
Density	6.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99622
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Kwigillingok, Alaska

Kwigillingok is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 6.2 people per km². Kwigillingok is located at 59.8776°N, 163.1773°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. ZIP code: 99622.

Kwigillingok commands an expansive, low-lying reach of subarctic tundra where the horizon stretches in a flat, unbroken line toward a sky that often feels heavier than the earth beneath it. It lies 458.5 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 264°T), and is situated 79.6 miles southwest of Bethel. This landscape, contained entirely within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, is defined by a silent, moss-covered ground that yields to the slow, deliberate pulse of the Kwigillingok River as it winds through the permafrost just a mile away. Ten miles to the east, the deep, still waters of Kolekfikpuk Lake hold the reflection of the clouds, a glassy expanse that anchors the vast, treeless plain. During the long, dim hours of the shoulder seasons, the light here turns a bruised shade of violet, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch for miles across the damp, spongy vegetation.

Kwigillingok remains a place of profound endurance, where the local economy and daily rhythm are bound to the rhythms of the land and the seasonal migrations of the interior wild. Life in Kwigillingok moves in accordance with the demands of the refuge, with residents navigating the challenges of the terrain through traditional knowledge and a reliance on the river and the surrounding wilderness for sustenance. There is a distinct, quiet gravity to the way the days unfold, marked by the mechanical hum of bush planes and the seasonal labor of gathering and preparation. It is a settlement that exists in steady dialogue with the immense scale of the refuge, where the history of the people is written in the careful, recurring patterns of life on the tundra, grounded by a resilience that has persisted through generations of shifting weather and the quiet, unending sweep of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 041° NE · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 33.5 mi, 284° W
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 095° E · 8.6M acres
Carter Spit Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 57.5 mi, 136° SE
Suurvik Cinema At Kipusvik (Cinema) — 78.8 mi, 037° NE

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