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Pilot Station Alaska Map

Explore Pilot Station, 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 Station, Alaska

How to Use This Pilot Station, Alaska Map

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

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 Station
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kusilvak
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	61.948167
Longitude	-162.872648
Population	615
Density	147.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99650
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Yukon School District

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About Pilot Station, Alaska

Pilot Station is a locality in Kusilvak, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 615. The population density is 147.9 people per km². Pilot Station is located at 61.9482°N, 162.8726°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Pilot Station is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99650.

Pilot Station occupies a quiet stretch of high ground overlooking the vast, moss-draped expanse of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. It lies 428.8 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 282°T), and is situated 87.5 miles north-northwest of Bethel. The landscape unfolds as a wide, subarctic tapestry where the horizon is defined by the subtle, blue-gray silhouettes of the Andreafsky Hills rising in the distance. To the east, the earth yields to the winding, silty path of the Atchuelinguk River, which carves a slow, deliberate channel through the tundra. During the long, bruised light of the subarctic dusk, the sky takes on a metallic, iridescent quality, casting a stillness over the land that makes the air feel thick and expectant, as if the silence itself were holding the weight of the coming winter.

Pilot Station emerged as a vital navigational landmark for early river travelers, eventually solidifying into a permanent settlement defined by the resilience of its people. Life in Pilot Station moves in alignment with the seasons, centered on the traditional subsistence practices and the quiet commerce of a region that relies heavily on the movement of supplies by bush plane. The local economy is inextricably linked to the land and the rhythms of the seasons, where the gathering of resources remains a primary concern for the households that have maintained these traditions for generations. Here, the scale of the wilderness is absolute, dwarfing the modest structures of the community and reminding every inhabitant that they exist as a small, enduring thread within a much larger, untamed geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.4 mi, 166° S · 62.7M acres
Andreafsky River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.1 mi, 013° N · 9,512 acres
Andreafsky Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.5 mi, 016° N · 1.6M acres

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