Mud Bay Alaska Map

About Mud Bay, Alaska

Mud Bay is a locality in Haines, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 79. The population density is 1.8 people per km². Mud Bay is located at 59.1597°N, 135.3758°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Juneau) timezone. ZIP code: 99827.

Mud Bay lies like a whispered secret at the edge of Alaska's wild embrace, a low-slung landscape where the land surrenders grudgingly to the restless sea. It lies 68.5 miles north-north-west of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 330°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-south-east of Haines. Here, the earth itself seems to exhale a damp, earthy scent, a perpetual perfume of tidal flats and the ancient forests that press in from the mountains. The sky, a vast, ever-shifting canvas, can be a bruised purple at dusk, bleeding into fiery oranges and soft, diffused golds that catch the moisture-laden air, turning the world into a shimmering, ethereal watercolor. The very air hums with a quiet dampness, a constant reminder of the surrounding waters, their moods as changeable as the northern light. The terrain is a gentle, undulating expanse of sedge meadows and brackish marshes, punctuated by the dark, stoic sentinels of spruce and hemlock, their branches heavy with the memory of countless winters. This stretch of coastline, though seemingly remote, carries the deep echoes of its past. For centuries, indigenous peoples navigated these waters, their lives intricately bound to the ebb and flow of the tides and the bounty of the salmon runs. Later, the allure of gold and the promise of fur brought a different kind of restless energy to the region, though Mud Bay itself retained its character, a place more of sustenance than of frantic extraction. Today, its economy is still tethered to the sea and the land, with fishing and forestry forming the bedrock of its sustenance, a quiet, persistent rhythm that has weathered the storms of progress. The occasional floatplane, a silver dragonfly against the immense sky, is a more modern punctuation mark in the enduring narrative of Mud Bay, a place where the wild still holds sway, and the land remembers its ancient stories.

About This Mud Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mud Bay, Alaska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 59.159722, -135.375833. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mud Bay and Haines.

Detailed location data for Mud Bay includes the ZIP code (99901), telephone area code (907), county seat of Haines, and school district assignment (Haines Borough School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mud Bay is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.