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Nightmute Alaska Map

Explore Nightmute, 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 Nightmute, Alaska

How to Use This Nightmute, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	60.462401
Longitude	-164.83464
Population	306
Density	1.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99690
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Nightmute, Alaska

Nightmute is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 306. The population density is 1.2 people per km². Nightmute is located at 60.4624°N, 164.8346°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Nightmute is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99690.

Nightmute anchors itself upon a vast, expansive reach of tundra where the horizon stretches into a perpetual, muted gray. It lies 500.4 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 271°T), and is situated 102.8 miles west of Bethel. The landscape around Nightmute is defined by an immense, low-lying flatness, where the sky claims more territory than the earth, pressing down with a heavy, subarctic clarity that sharpens the edges of every hummock and willow thicket. To the east, the silhouette of the Ingariak Hills rises like a jagged spine against the pale light, while the waters of Chungeelik Creek cut a slow, winding path through the permafrost nine miles away. Further out, the stillness of Kinarak Lake remains a distant, glassy presence, mirroring the shifting clouds in a world where the land remains untamed and indifferent to the passage of time.

Nightmute exists as a quiet focal point within the sprawling expanse of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, serving as a testament to lives shaped by the rhythm of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. The economy here is deeply tied to the land, drawing sustenance from the traditional practices that have defined the inhabitants for generations, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Life in Nightmute moves with a deliberate, measured pace, guided by the movement of wildlife and the cycles of the tundra. Here, the absence of modern artifice allows the raw, elemental character of the interior to take precedence, leaving the residents to navigate a landscape that demands both respect and a profound sense of self-reliance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — locality lies within · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 188° S
Hazen Bay Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 344° N
Nunivak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.4 mi, 215° SW · 595k acres

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