Lutak Alaska Map

About Lutak, Alaska

Lutak is a locality in Haines, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 0.1 people per km². Lutak is located at 59.4122°N, 135.5890°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Juneau) timezone. ZIP code: 99827.

Lutak occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in deep, muscular folds of woodland and shadow. It lies 82.7 miles north-northwest of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 331°T), and is situated 158.3 miles north of Sitka. The terrain is defined by the dense, evergreen reach of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area, a vast expanse that dictates the rhythm of the wilderness. Four miles to the west, the imposing silhouette of Tukgahgo Mountain anchors the horizon, while the distant, crystalline presence of the Schubee Glacier remains a silent, frozen sentinel eleven miles away. Here, the air carries a crisp, thinning quality that tastes of pine needles and damp earth, and the light at dusk bleeds into a long, bruised violet that seems to suspend the world in a perpetual state of transition.

Lutak serves as a quiet gatekeeper to the Ferebee Valley, six miles distant, acting as a crossroads for those who move through the interior of the forest. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of land stewardship and the extraction of timber, tasks that have shaped the character of the people who reside here. Life in Lutak follows the turning of the seasons, marked by the arrival of snow that muffles the sound of a nearby stream and the persistent, quiet industry of those who maintain the trails and timber tracts. It is a place of deliberate solitude, where the immense scale of the surrounding forest humbles the works of man and demands a patient, observant eye from anyone who chooses to call it home.

About This Lutak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lutak, Alaska. Coordinates: 59.412212, -135.589046. 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 Lutak includes the ZIP code (99827), telephone area code (907), county seat of Haines, and school district assignment (Haines 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.