Noorvik Alaska Map
Explore Noorvik, 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 Noorvik, Alaska
How to Use This Noorvik, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Noorvik, 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 Noorvik.
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 | Noorvik |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Northwest Arctic |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 66.82821 |
| Longitude | -161.034669 |
| Population | 694 |
| Density | 319.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 99763 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Northwest Arctic Borough School District |
About Noorvik, Alaska
Noorvik is a locality in Northwest Arctic, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 694. The population density is 319.8 people per km². Noorvik is located at 66.8282°N, 161.0347°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Noorvik is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99763.Noorvik occupies a quiet expanse of land defined by the sprawling, protected reaches of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. It lies 397.4 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 296°T), and is situated 42.6 miles east of Kotzebue. The landscape surrounding Noorvik unfolds as a vast, subarctic terrain where the stillness of the tundra is punctuated by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the seasons. To the east, the Kiana Hills rise in muted silhouettes against the horizon, anchoring a horizon that feels immense and indifferent to the passage of time. A few miles away, the waters of Oksik Creek carve a serpentine path through the earth, while the deeper stillness of Eavok Lake remains a remote presence in the quiet geography of the interior.
Noorvik preserves a deep connection to an Iñupiat heritage that informs the current rhythm of daily life, where traditional subsistence practices remain central to the local economy. The atmosphere of Noorvik is marked by an enduring patience, where the light of the long days lingers with a peculiar, golden intensity that seems to suspend the world in a state of perpetual dusk. Residents navigate the complexities of modern bush life, balancing the necessity of air travel and regional connection with a profound reliance on the land. In the quiet persistence of the work here, one finds a deliberate grace, a way of living that honors the harshness of the interior while finding warmth in the shared endurance of the community.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Selawik National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.4 mi, 023° NE · 5.4M acres
- Selawik Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.9 mi, 089° E · 242k acres
- Kobuk Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.1 mi, 073° E · 183k acres
- Kobuk Valley National Park (National Park) — 35.7 mi, 037° NE · 1.7M acres
- Chamisso Island Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 46.7 mi, 205° SW
- Noatak National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 51.9 mi, 006° N · 6.5M acres
- Nulato Hills (Ksp) Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 56.4 mi, 168° S
Latest News: Noorvik
Loading news…
World News
Loading news-world…
More World News
Loading news-world…
About This Noorvik Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Noorvik, Alaska. Coordinates: 66.82821, -161.034669. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Noorvik includes the ZIP code (99763), telephone area code (907), county seat of Northwest Arctic, and school district assignment (Northwest Arctic Borough School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
