Point Baker Alaska Map

About Point Baker, Alaska

Point Baker is a locality in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 5.3 people per km². Point Baker is located at 56.3528°N, 133.6211°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Sitka) timezone. ZIP code: 99927.

Point Baker emerges from the dense, unyielding embrace of the Tongass National Forest, where the landscape is defined by the heavy, emerald weight of ancient spruce and hemlock. It lies 137.9 miles south-southeast of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 167°T), and is situated 40.7 miles southwest of Petersburg. The terrain rises in undulating swells of muskeg and moss, cut through by the persistent, cold flow of Baker Creek, which winds through the damp undergrowth like a silver ribbon. Far off on the horizon, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouettes of the Sumner Mountains anchor the sky, their peaks standing as silent sentinels over the vast, inland wilderness. The air here holds a permanent, crisp clarity, smelling of damp cedar and the sharp, clean scent of earth that has never known the footprint of a paved road.

Point Baker functions as a quiet outpost of human endurance, where the rhythm of daily life is dictated by the turning of seasons and the subtle shifts in the subarctic light. The local economy persists through a modest, deliberate engagement with the land, drawing from the resources provided by the surrounding forest and the deep, silent interior. History here is not written in monuments, but in the weathered wood of structures that have withstood decades of heavy snow and the slow, encroaching growth of the taiga. Travelers who venture this deep into the interior may find their way toward the still, dark waters of Hole-in-the-wall, a place where the stillness is so profound it seems to hold the very breath of the forest in suspension.

About This Point Baker Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Point Baker, Alaska. Coordinates: 56.352778, -133.621111. 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 Point Baker includes the ZIP code (99927), telephone area code (907), county seat of Prince of Wales-Hyder, and school district assignment (Southeast Island 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.