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Pilot Point Alaska Map

Explore Pilot Point, 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 Pilot Point, Alaska

How to Use This Pilot Point, Alaska Map

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

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	Pilot Point
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Lake and Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	57.541137
Longitude	-157.722807
Population	70
Density	1.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99649
Area Code	907
School District	Lake and Peninsula Borough School District

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About Pilot Point, Alaska

Pilot Point is a locality in Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 1.1 people per km². Pilot Point is located at 57.5411°N, 157.7228°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Pilot Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99649.

Pilot Point occupies a vast, resilient expanse of interior landscape defined by the quiet endurance of the subarctic tundra and the low, sweeping profiles of the earth. It lies 369.3 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 230°T), and is situated 106.8 miles south-southeast of Dillingham. The terrain here is shaped by a profound sense of isolation, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the pale, slanted light of the north to linger over the plains and scrub-brush thickets for hours on end. Dago Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the permafrost just three miles away, its flow a silver thread through the muted greens and browns of the vegetation, while the deeper stillness of Silver Salmon Lake lies seven miles distant, acting as a mirror for the shifting, heavy clouds that dominate the sky.

Pilot Point carries the weight of a long human history rooted in the necessity of land-based survival, operating as an integral part of the sprawling Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons, characterized by the persistent hum of bush planes and the seasonal fluctuations of an economy tied to the land and its resources. The people of Pilot Point maintain a rhythm that is both deliberate and pragmatic, shaped by the immense scale of the surrounding wilderness which hums with the presence of raven and grizzly. It is a place where the architecture of daily existence is built upon the quiet, rigorous business of navigating the tundra, favoring a life lived in direct, unvarnished contact with the shifting northern climate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 360° N
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.5 mi, 123° SE · 7.4M acres
Aniakchak National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 30.1 mi, 180° S · 459k acres
Aniakchak National Monument (National Monument) — 37.2 mi, 194° S · 137k acres
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.8 mi, 049° NE · 2.3M acres

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