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Nikolaevsk Alaska Map

Explore Nikolaevsk, 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 Nikolaevsk, Alaska

How to Use This Nikolaevsk, Alaska Map

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

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	Nikolaevsk
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	59.829553
Longitude	-151.596382
Population	328
Density	3.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99556
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Nikolaevsk, Alaska

Nikolaevsk is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 328. The population density is 3.6 people per km². Nikolaevsk is located at 59.8296°N, 151.5964°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99556.

Nikolaevsk rises from the inland plateau as a deliberate outpost of tradition, defined by the quiet persistence of its homesteaders against the vast, subarctic sky. It lies 113.2 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 212°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-northeast of Anchor Point. The landscape around Nikolaevsk unfolds in a series of expansive, muted meadows and dense stands of spruce that stretch toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Kenai Mountains. One mile away, the North Fork Anchor River cuts a rhythmic path through the earth, its waters cold and clear, carving subtle depressions into the terrain that eventually deepen into the slopes of Whiskey Gulch seven miles to the south. In the late afternoon, the light here possesses a strange, elongated quality, casting long shadows that sharpen the contours of the rolling, grassy ridges and lend the surrounding taiga an air of profound, ancient stillness.

Established by Old Believers seeking a sanctuary for their faith and way of life, Nikolaevsk remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of existence. The economy is tethered to the land and the modest industry of those who have learned to thrive in this rigorous environment, far from the frantic hum of larger centers. Residents often look toward the protected expanses of the Anchor River And Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area, four miles distant, where the preservation of the wild remains a central tenet of the local ethos. While the reach of the modern world occasionally touches the perimeter, the daily life of the inhabitants is marked by a deep, quiet adherence to heritage and a stoic respect for the immense, unyielding scale of the wilderness that surrounds them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Anchor River And Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 180° S
Clam Gulch Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 325° NW
Elliot Fischer Memorial Platform (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 158° S
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.6 mi, 186° S
Kachemak Bay Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 137° SE
Pratt Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 173° S
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.1 mi, 172° S · 61 acres
Alaska Ultimate Safaris (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 169° S
Boat Launch (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 350° N
Alaska Bear Viewing Tours (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 159° S
Seafarer's Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 159° S
Andrew Simons Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.5 mi, 066° NE · 1.1M acres
Diana Tillion Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 142° SE
Experience Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 143° SE
Kachemak Bay State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 165° S
Great Midden (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 171° S
Yukon Island Dig (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 170° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.4 mi, 033° NE · 3.9M acres
Seldovia Village Tribe Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 189° S
Seldovia Boardwalk (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 188° S
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park) — 32.6 mi, 138° SE · 601k acres
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 37.6 mi, 297° NW · 2.5M acres
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 47.3 mi, 318° NW · 2.6M acres
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 51.4 mi, 013° N
1969 Russian River Fire and Mark Westover (Monument) — 71.1 mi, 051° NE
Liberty Theater (Cinema) — 76.9 mi, 075° E
William H Seward Bust (Public Artwork) — 76.9 mi, 075° E
Founder's Monument (Monument) — 77.1 mi, 075° E
Neacola Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 77.2 mi, 345° N
Fort McGilvray (Historic Castle / Fort) — 77.2 mi, 081° E

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