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Nenana Alaska Map

Explore Nenana, 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 Nenana, Alaska

How to Use This Nenana, Alaska Map

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

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	Nenana
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	64.536054
Longitude	-149.083629
Population	358
Density	23.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99760
Area Code	907
School District	Nenana City School District

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About Nenana, Alaska

Nenana is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 358. The population density is 23.2 people per km². Nenana is located at 64.5361°N, 149.0836°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Nenana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99760.

Nenana emerges from the confluence of vast, silent wilderness as a singular mark of human persistence against the subarctic expanse. It lies 43.1 miles west-southwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 243°T), and is situated 44.8 miles west-southwest of Fairbanks. The Nenana River carves a dark, cold path through the landscape, its currents carrying the weight of distant snowmelt past the quiet banks where the earth remains stubbornly frozen for much of the year. Beyond the immediate clearing, the Tanana Valley State Forest stretches out in a dense, unbroken mantle of spruce and birch, a somber woodland that absorbs the low, slanting light of the sun. A mile away, the Nenana City Pond holds the reflection of the sky in a stillness that contrasts with the restless movement of the nearby river. On the horizon, the Alaska Range stands as a jagged, white-crested barrier, a silent reminder of the immense scale that defines this interior geography.

Nenana persists as a place where the rhythm of life is calibrated to the long, dark winters and the sudden, frantic bloom of the brief northern summer. History here is marked by the transition from indigenous roots to the arrival of the railroad, which transformed Nenana into a vital logistical hub for the interior. The economy still hums with the mechanical pulse of the rail line and the seasonal demands of a frontier outpost, yet the local character remains defined by a deep, quiet resilience. Every spring, the residents look to the ice on the river, waiting for the breakup to signal the change of season, a tradition that anchors the community in the cycles of the land. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, one can hear the wind moving through the needles of the taiga, a sound that persists long after the trains have passed and the dust has settled on the gravel roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 350° N
Nenana Ice Classic (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 356° N
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 020° N
Minto Flats State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 000° N
Denali National Park (National Park) — 37.4 mi, 186° S · 4.7M acres
Chena Indian Village (Attraction) — 39.1 mi, 062° NE
Riverboat Discovery (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 060° NE
Pierce Park (Local Park) — 42.5 mi, 059° NE
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 42.6 mi, 058° NE
International Signpost (Public Artwork) — 42.7 mi, 058° NE
Black Brant IX sounding rocket (Monument) — 42.7 mi, 058° NE
Running Reindeer Ranch (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 051° NE
Dry Creek Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 43.4 mi, 177° S
Shanly Park (Undeveloped) (Local Park) — 43.7 mi, 059° NE
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 061° NE
Interior Alaska Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 45.4 mi, 062° NE
Barnette's Landing (Monument) — 45.5 mi, 062° NE
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 062° NE
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 062° NE
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 46.0 mi, 059° NE
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 46.5 mi, 053° NE
Denali Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.9 mi, 180° S · 2.1M acres
Kantishna Gallery (Gallery) — 54.7 mi, 174° S
White Alice Communications Station (Historic Ruins) — 57.9 mi, 053° NE
James Dalton Highway Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 62.5 mi, 006° N
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 69.0 mi, 031° NE · 77k acres

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