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Pleasant Valley Alaska Map

Explore Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley, Alaska

How to Use This Pleasant Valley, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	64.885468
Longitude	-146.89855
Population	606
Density	7.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99712
Area Code	907
School District	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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About Pleasant Valley, Alaska

Pleasant Valley is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 606. The population density is 7.5 people per km². Pleasant Valley is located at 64.8855°N, 146.8986°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99712.

Pleasant Valley emerges from the vast, subarctic expanse as a quiet collection of dwellings scattered across the resilient boreal earth. It lies 20.3 miles east-northeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 74°T), and is situated 16.5 miles north-northeast of Eielson AFB. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the edges of the dark spruce trees, while the low-angled sun spills a pale, buttery light across the muskeg and willow thickets. To the south, the distant, snow-crowned jaggedness of the Alaska Range creates a jagged blue silhouette against the horizon, anchoring a landscape that feels indifferent to human occupation. Three miles away, the cold, clear waters of Hunts Creek carve their way through the permafrost, providing a rhythmic, gurgling pulse to the silent woods. Ten miles further, the stillness of Horseshoe Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a glassy surface that deepens the profound sense of isolation inherent in this inland wilderness.

Pleasant Valley maintains a rugged independence, defined less by its modest infrastructure and more by the immense scale of the surrounding taiga. Residents often congregate at the Two Rivers Sports Complex, a focal point where the local rhythm finds expression in community gatherings and the shared endurance of long, dark winters. The economy here is tethered to the land and the necessary ingenuity required to survive in a climate that demands constant preparation; bush planes overhead serve as the primary lifeline, and the distant, unseen presence of the oil pipeline underscores the region's role in the wider industrial world. Life in Pleasant Valley moves with a deliberate, cautious pace, dictated by the turning seasons and a mutual respect for the raven and the grizzly that share this expansive, untamed interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Two Rivers Sports Complex (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 137° SE
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 153° SE
Chena River State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 089° E
Lady of the Lake B-29 Superfortress (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 208° SW
Col. Carl Ben Eielson Monument (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 204° SW
POW-MIA Memorial (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 204° SW
Heritage Park/Global Engagement (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 204° SW
Meehan (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 329° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.3 mi, 236° SW
Paws For Adventure (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 269° W
White Alice Communications Station (Historic Ruins) — 20.4 mi, 300° NW
Alyeska Pipeline Visitor Center (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 278° W
Gold Daughters (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 278° W
Gold Dredge nº8 (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 280° W
Creamer's Field (State Conservation Area) — 23.1 mi, 269° W
Fairbanks Office Wildlife (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 262° W · 2 acres
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 264° W
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 264° W
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 264° W
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 24.6 mi, 268° W
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 278° W
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 267° W
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 33.8 mi, 351° N · 77k acres
Steese National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 39.6 mi, 016° N · 1.2M acres
Mount Prindle (Wmnra) Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 41.0 mi, 017° N
Birch Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 42.6 mi, 050° NE · 69k acres
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.0 mi, 012° N · 18.2M acres
Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 68.5 mi, 252° W

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