Mentasta Lake Alaska Map
Explore Mentasta Lake, 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 Mentasta Lake, Alaska
How to Use This Mentasta Lake, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mentasta Lake, 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 Mentasta Lake.
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 | Mentasta Lake |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Copper River |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 63.011677 |
| Longitude | -143.561486 |
| Population | 127 |
| Density | 0.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99780 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Alaska Gateway School District |
About Mentasta Lake, Alaska
Mentasta Lake is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 127. The population density is 0.2 people per km². Mentasta Lake is located at 63.0117°N, 143.5615°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99780.Mentasta Lake reflects the pale, subarctic sky like a sheet of hammered silver, anchored deep within an interior landscape defined by vast, silent reaches of taiga and tundra. It lies 173.1 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 137°T), and is situated 178.7 miles southeast of Fairbanks. This basin serves as a primary artery for Mentasta Creek, which threads through the low-lying terrain, its waters cold and clear as they carve paths through the muskeg and spruce. On the distant horizon, the Wrangell Mountains rise in jagged, snow-dusted profiles, their presence lending a sense of immense, geologic scale that renders human endeavor quiet and small. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, especially at dusk when the long shadows of the timber stretch across the marshy margins of the water, and the silence is broken only by the occasional, guttural call of a raven passing overhead.
Mentasta Lake remains a site of enduring significance for the Ahtna people, who have long maintained a profound connection to this land, tracking the seasonal migrations and the pulse of the wild interior. The local economy is tied to the rhythm of the seasons and the subsistence traditions that define life in this remote interior, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Nearby, the forests of the Tanana Valley State Forest offer a sprawling expanse of wilderness that dictates the pace of existence, while the proximity to Bear Valley provides a natural corridor for the movement of wildlife. Life at Mentasta Lake persists with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the arrival of winter light and the shifting colors of the brush signal the passage of time more accurately than any clock.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 074° E
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 180° S · 4.3M acres
- Tok Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.9 mi, 037° NE · 89 acres
- Gold Panning (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 033° NE
- World's Largest Mosquito (Public Artwork) — 27.3 mi, 033° NE
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 27.5 mi, 188° S · 8.0M acres
- Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 039° NE · 1.5M acres
- Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.1 mi, 189° S · 9.7M acres
- Mosquito Flats Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 56.4 mi, 012° N
- Richardson Monument (Attraction) — 63.0 mi, 282° W
- Sevenmile Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 65.1 mi, 276° W
- Delta Junction Bison Range Area (State Resource Management Area) — 65.6 mi, 325° NW
- Fortymile Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 73.1 mi, 360° N
- Fortymile River (Wild & Scenic River) — 75.5 mi, 023° NE · 248k acres
- Upward Sun River (Historic Ruins) — 77.5 mi, 336° NW
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About This Mentasta Lake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mentasta Lake, Alaska. Coordinates: 63.011677, -143.561486. 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 Mentasta Lake includes the ZIP code (99780), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Alaska Gateway School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
