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North Pole Alaska Map

Explore North Pole, 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 North Pole, Alaska

How to Use This North Pole, Alaska Map

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

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	North Pole
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Fairbanks North Star
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	64.751111
Longitude	-147.349444
Population	2,243
Density	212.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99705
Area Code	907
School District	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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About North Pole, Alaska

North Pole is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,243. The population density is 212.0 people per km². North Pole is located at 64.7511°N, 147.3494°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. North Pole is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99705.

North Pole occupies a vast, flat expanse of interior land where the horizon feels distant and the sky claims an immense, heavy presence. It lies 6.4 miles east-southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 122°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of Eielson AFB. The landscape is defined by a dense, resilient taiga, where black spruce and birch stand in quiet endurance against the subarctic chill. North Pole Park serves as a central green space, offering a quiet clearing where the stillness of the woods feels absolute. On clear days, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Alaska Range rises on the southern horizon, a pale and distant reminder of the earth's restless verticality. Nearby, the water of North Pole Pond holds the reflection of the shifting, pale-gold light that defines the long afternoons of the interior, grounding the region in a landscape that is far removed from the temperate rhythms of the world.

History in North Pole is marked by a persistent sense of human optimism, carved into the frozen ground by those who chose to build a life in a place where winter defines the seasons. The economy functions with a steady, pragmatic pulse, tied to the nearby military installations and the logistical arteries that sustain the interior, including the flow of resources toward the Salcha River drainage basin. Candy-cane streetlights and festive motifs persist throughout the year, a playful defiance of the stark, icy climate that dominates the long months of darkness. Everyday life here moves at a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the practical necessities of living in a subarctic environment where the raven is a constant companion and the cold acts as a silent, invisible architect of daily habit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 264° W
Moose Lodge (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 317° NW
North Pole Pole (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 100° E
Santa's Sleigh (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 042° NE
Morning Star Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 000° N
Col. Carl Ben Eielson Monument (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 119° SE
Paws For Adventure (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 341° N
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 007° N
Fairbanks Office Wildlife (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 299° NW · 2 acres
Creamer's Field (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 308° NW
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 301° NW
Moose Antler Arch (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 302° NW
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 301° NW
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 300° NW
Denali Backroads (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 302° NW
Alaska Bird Observatory (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 306° NW
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 306° NW
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 297° NW
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 318° NW
Chena River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.5 mi, 062° NE
White Alice Communications Station (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 347° N
Meehan (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 014° N
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.9 mi, 360° N · 77k acres
Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 53.2 mi, 257° W
James Dalton Highway Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 59.9 mi, 327° NW
Steese National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 62.3 mi, 016° N · 1.2M acres
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.1 mi, 001° N · 18.2M acres

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