Livengood Alaska Map

About Livengood, Alaska

Livengood is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 16. Livengood is located at 65.4765°N, 148.4228°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99790.

Livengood sits amidst a vast, subarctic silence where the low-angled sun casts long, violet shadows across the dense, dark spruce of the taiga. It lies 50.9 miles north-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 335°T), and is situated 53.2 miles north-northwest of Fairbanks. The terrain around Livengood is defined by the steady, rhythmic flow of Ruth Creek, which carves its path through the earth, while the rugged, distant peaks of the Brooks Range haunt the northern horizon like a jagged, spectral promise. Seven miles away, the quiet surface of Brown Lake mirrors the immense, unblinking sky, and the proximity to the James Dalton Highway Corridor underscores the stark, industrial isolation of the landscape. Here, the air holds a brittle, crystalline quality that seems to sharpen the senses, turning the simple act of breathing into a conscious acknowledgment of the wild, unyielding scale of the interior.

History pulses through the soil of Livengood, a legacy written in the deep gravels of Alder Gulch where the feverish pursuit of gold once drew prospectors into the wilderness. Today, the economy remains tethered to the land’s stubborn resources, with the rhythmic hum of heavy machinery and the passage of transport trucks echoing the town’s enduring role as a waypoint in the northern frontier. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons and the heavy, metallic infrastructure that links the remote interior to the wider world. It is a place where the remnants of mining camps fade into the undergrowth, leaving behind a quiet, stoic character that values resilience over adornment, and where the raven remains the most constant observer of the changing light.

About This Livengood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Livengood, Alaska. Coordinates: 65.476506, -148.422784. 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 Livengood includes the ZIP code (99790), telephone area code (907), county seat of Yukon-Koyukuk, and school district assignment (Yukon Flats 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.