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Napakiak Alaska Map

Explore Napakiak, 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 Napakiak, Alaska

How to Use This Napakiak, Alaska Map

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

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	Napakiak
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	60.690541
Longitude	-161.985573
Population	358
Density	68.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99634
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Napakiak, Alaska

Napakiak is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 358. The population density is 68.7 people per km². Napakiak is located at 60.6905°N, 161.9856°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Napakiak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99634.

Napakiak persists as a quiet gathering of structures upon the vast, expansive tundra, where the horizon stretches flat and unrelenting toward the edges of the sky. It lies 405.3 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southwest of Bethel. The landscape around Napakiak is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water across the earth, characterized by the dark, winding path of Angoyachtoly Creek five miles away and the reflective, still surface of Arthur Dall Lake located nine miles to the north. Within the expansive boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the terrain remains largely undisturbed, marked by low-lying grasses and thin, resilient shrubs that turn a bruised gold under the thin subarctic light. Here, the air holds a sharp, clean austerity, a stillness that seems to press against the skin, reminding all who walk the permafrost that the land possesses a scale far greater than the small footprint of human habitation.

Generations have anchored their lives to this inland expanse, relying on a subsistence economy that honors the seasonal rhythm of the land and the endurance of its people. The daily life of Napakiak reflects a deliberate patience, where the gathering of resources and the maintenance of homes against the shifting, soft ground require a steady, practiced hand. History here is kept not in stone monuments, but in the oral traditions and the shared labor of the inhabitants, who navigate the interior plains with an intimate knowledge of the changing seasons. The presence of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding wilderness remains a sanctuary for raven and other wildlife, preserving a cycle of existence that has persisted long before modern structures appeared on the plain. In the deepening dusk, the light catches the low brush in a way that makes the entire expanse glow with a transient, somber beauty, grounding Napakiak in a reality that is both harsh and profoundly serene.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.1 mi, 180° S · 62.7M acres
Suurvik Cinema At Kipusvik (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 046° NE
Bethel Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.7 mi, 034° NE · 3 acres
Pinky'S Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 042° NE
Togiak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 59.7 mi, 166° S · 2.4M acres
Southwest Peregrine Falcon Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 69.8 mi, 013° N

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