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Newtok Alaska Map

Explore Newtok, 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 Newtok, Alaska

How to Use This Newtok, Alaska Map

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

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	Newtok
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	60.935067
Longitude	-164.645684
Population	209
Density	60.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99559
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Newtok, Alaska

Newtok is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 60.5 people per km². Newtok is located at 60.9351°N, 164.6457°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. ZIP code: 99559.

Newtok exists as a resilient outpost of tundra, defined by the vast, unyielding reach of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge that stretches in every direction. It lies 491.5 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 274°T), and is situated 97.2 miles west of Bethel. The landscape is a flat, expansive mosaic of moss and sedge, where the horizon remains unbroken by trees and the light of the subarctic sun stretches shadows into long, thin ghosts across the permafrost. Five miles away, Pingo Lake glimmers like a fallen fragment of the sky, its stillness reflecting the pale, shifting hues of the atmosphere. To the distant north, the Nyctea Hills rise as a faint, jagged suggestion of stone against the clouds, while the winding path of Takechak Creek marks the land nine miles away, carving a slow, deliberate passage through the earth.

Newtok serves as a testament to the endurance of its inhabitants, who maintain a life deeply connected to the seasonal rhythms of the interior plains. The economy here is rooted in the traditional harvest of the land, requiring a keen understanding of the terrain and the migratory patterns that define the cycles of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Life in Newtok moves at the pace of the wind and the arrival of bush planes, which provide the essential connection to the world beyond these silent, open expanses. The cultural character of the place is forged in the quiet persistence of its people, who hold to their heritage while navigating the profound physical shifts of a landscape that is as dynamic as the seasons themselves.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 355° N · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 261° W
Hazen Bay Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 236° SW
Nunivak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 71.9 mi, 205° SW · 595k acres

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