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Paxson Alaska Map

Explore Paxson, 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 Paxson, Alaska

How to Use This Paxson, Alaska Map

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

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	Paxson
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Copper River
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.975706
Longitude	-145.757621
Population	26
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99737
Area Code	907
School District	Copper River School District

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About Paxson, Alaska

Paxson is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 26. Paxson is located at 62.9757°N, 145.7576°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99737.

Paxson emerges from the vast interior as a solitary waypoint defined by the immense scale of the subarctic wilderness. It lies 131.7 miles south-southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 153°T), and is situated 136.6 miles south-southeast of Fairbanks. The landscape around Paxson is a sprawling mosaic of taiga and tundra, where the pale, thin light of the north catches the frost on low-lying shrubs and turns the horizon into a muted study of gray and ochre. Eight miles to the west, the surface of Paxson Lake remains a mirror for the shifting clouds, while the nearby Fish Creek cuts a winding path through the permafrost, its water cold and clear as glass. Far to the south, the distant, snow-crowned peaks of the Chugach Mountains hold the sky, their jagged silhouettes serving as a permanent reminder of the geologic forces that shaped this rugged interior plateau.

Human presence in Paxson has long been dictated by the necessity of passage, anchored by the shifting demands of those traveling between the interior and the coast. The local economy persists as a quiet support system for travelers, bush planes, and those who maintain the integrity of the infrastructure that snakes through the wild, including the nearby Delta River, a Wild and Scenic River that pulses with the seasonal melt. While the West Gulkana Glacier lingers fourteen miles away as a relic of colder eras, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the arrival of supply trucks and the seasonal migrations of wildlife. The atmosphere is one of profound silence, broken only by the wind moving through the spruce or the sudden, sharp call of a raven, ensuring that the identity of the place is always secondary to the unyielding authority of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gulkana River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.2 mi, 180° S · 93k acres
Delta River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.8 mi, 320° NW · 44k acres
Sevenmile Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 026° NE
Richardson Monument (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 025° NE
Nelchina Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 43.9 mi, 230° SW
Pipeline Viewpoint (Attraction) — 53.3 mi, 357° N
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 54.0 mi, 158° S · 8.0M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 57.9 mi, 166° S · 4.3M acres
Delta Junction Bison Range Area (State Resource Management Area) — 58.9 mi, 005° N
Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 60.4 mi, 151° SE · 9.7M acres
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 77.7 mi, 003° N

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