Old Harbor Alaska Map

About Old Harbor, Alaska

Old Harbor is a locality in Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 216. The population density is 5.2 people per km². Old Harbor is located at 57.2188°N, 153.3297°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Old Harbor is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99643.

Old Harbor maintains a rugged, solitary existence where the land yields abruptly to the churning tides of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 302.3 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 205°T), and is situated 52.5 miles southwest of Kodiak. This edge of the world is defined by a raw, maritime austerity, where the salt-heavy air carries the damp chill of the north and the gray light of dusk lingers long enough to soften the jagged coastline. Beyond the immediate shores, the terrain rises into wild, uncultivated expanses that eventually reach toward the distant, frozen majesty of Koniag Glacier. To the north, the waters near Sheep Island break in rhythmic, persistent swells, while Fugitive Creek winds through the brush like a silver vein, offering a quiet contrast to the vast, restless expanse of the sea.

Old Harbor survives through a deep, ancestral connection to the bounty of the water, with the local economy anchored firmly in commercial fishing and the processing of the season’s catch. The Alutiiq heritage remains the bedrock of the culture here, a quiet resilience that has endured across generations within the boundaries of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Life moves at the pace of the tides and the seasonal migrations of salmon, far removed from the clamor of the mainland. While Fugitive Lake sits in a remote hollow eight miles away and Koniag Peak keeps watch from the horizon, the daily reality of Old Harbor is found in the communal work on the docks and the enduring, stoic presence of a people who have long understood how to thrive in the immense, indifferent beauty of the subarctic.

About This Old Harbor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Old Harbor, Alaska. Coordinates: 57.218798, -153.329674. 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 Old Harbor includes the ZIP code (99643), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kodiak Island, and school district assignment (Kodiak Island Borough School District).

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.