Loring Alaska Map

About Loring, Alaska

Loring is a locality in Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska, United States. The population density is 2.7 people per km². Loring is located at 55.6025°N, 131.6361°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Sitka) timezone. ZIP code: 99901.

Loring occupies a narrow, rugged stretch of coastline where the temperate rainforest meets the dark, salt-heavy waters of Naha Bay. It lies 213.9 miles south-southeast of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 149°T), and is situated 18.0 miles north of Ketchikan. The landscape is defined by the dense, verdant canopy of the Tongass National Forest, which clings to the steep, fractured slopes that eventually rise toward the distant, jagged silhouette of Slide Ridge. Nearby, the freshwater depths of Roosevelt Lagoon catch the gray, shifting light of the sky, while the Naha River carves a persistent path through the undergrowth, its movement a constant, low-frequency hum against the stillness of the surrounding woods. Across the water, the quiet presence of Dogfish Island serves as a sentinel, its shoreline marking the transition between the sheltered, brackish inlets and the wilder currents beyond.

Loring holds the quiet gravity of a place once defined by the rhythmic labor of the salmon canneries, an industry that dictated the pulse of the harbor for generations. Today, the economy has shifted toward a slower, more deliberate stewardship of the environment, drawing those who seek the solitude of the wilderness and the seasonal runs of fish that return to the Naha River with clockwork precision. The remnants of weathered pilings and wooden boardwalks remain, ghost-like textures of a past built upon the harvest of the sea, now reclaimed by the encroaching moss and the patient, damp breath of the Pacific air. Life in Loring moves in accordance with the tides, a fragile, persistent human imprint held within the immense, silent scale of the Tongass National Forest.

About This Loring Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Loring, Alaska. Coordinates: 55.6025, -131.636111. 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 Loring includes the ZIP code (99901), telephone area code (907), county seat of Ketchikan Gateway, and school district assignment (Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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.