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Nabesna Alaska Map

Explore Nabesna, 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 Nabesna, Alaska

How to Use This Nabesna, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nabesna, 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 Nabesna.

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	Nabesna
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Copper River
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.496548
Longitude	-143.00743
Population	2
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99586
Area Code	907
School District	Copper River School District

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About Nabesna, Alaska

Nabesna is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 2. Nabesna is located at 62.4965°N, 143.0074°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99586.

Nabesna emerges from the rugged interior landscape as a quiet frontier, defined by the immense scale of the Wrangell-St. It lies 210.6 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 73°T), and is situated 138.8 miles northeast of Valdez. Elias National Preserve that encompasses its every horizon. The earth here is composed of thin, cold soil and dense taiga, where the silence of the subarctic is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of ravens circling above the brush. Three miles away, the surface of Whitham Lake holds the reflection of a low-hanging sun, its water dark and still beneath the immense, jagged silhouettes of the Wrangell Mountains that loom thirty miles to the south. Near the edge of the settlement, the path of Cabin Creek carves a narrow, stony bed through the earth, while the nearby depression of Swede Gulch catches the first frost of the season, marking the land with a silver, crystalline sheen that persists long after the morning light has deepened into the amber glow of the afternoon.

Nabesna carries the heavy, quiet weight of a history rooted in the pursuit of mineral wealth, where the remnants of old mining infrastructure stand as rusted sentinels against the encroaching spruce and willow. The local economy has shifted from the frantic energy of gold and copper extraction to a singular, rugged independence, where the presence of the national preserve ensures the landscape remains largely undisturbed by modern industry. Life in Nabesna moves with the slow, deliberate pace of those who rely on bush planes and gravel tracks to bridge the vast distance between their doorstep and the outside world. Here, the culture is defined by the necessity of preparation, where the transition of seasons dictates the rhythm of the day, and the immense, unyielding scale of the wilderness serves as a constant, humbling reminder of the limits of human ambition.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — locality lies within · 4.3M acres
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 034° NE · 1.5M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 7.6 mi, 213° SW · 8.0M acres
Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.2 mi, 192° S · 9.7M acres
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 43.2 mi, 353° N
Tok Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.4 mi, 000° N · 89 acres
World's Largest Mosquito (Public Artwork) — 58.4 mi, 358° N
Gold Panning (Attraction) — 58.4 mi, 358° N
Alaska/Yukon Border (Viewpoint) — 64.4 mi, 082° E
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark (Attraction) — 70.0 mi, 177° S
Assay ruins (Historic Ruins) — 70.0 mi, 177° S
Saw mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 70.1 mi, 177° S
Kennicott Wilderness Guides (Attraction) — 70.2 mi, 177° S
St. Ellias Apline Guides Kennecott Mill Tour (Attraction) — 70.2 mi, 177° S

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