Point Baker Alaska Map
Explore Point Baker, 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 Point Baker, Alaska
How to Use This Point Baker, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Point Baker, 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 Point Baker.
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 | Point Baker |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Prince of Wales-Hyder |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Sitka) |
| Latitude | 56.352778 |
| Longitude | -133.621111 |
| Population | 12 |
| Density | 5.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99927 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Southeast Island School District |
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.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tongass National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 306° NW · 16.7M acres
- Joe Mace Island State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 236° SW
- Kuiu Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.6 mi, 255° W · 60k acres
- Tebenkof Bay Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.5 mi, 285° W · 67k acres
- Beecher Pass State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 26.9 mi, 052° NE
- Ernie Haugen Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 37.7 mi, 071° E
- City Of Petersburg Water Supply Act Water Reserve Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 38.6 mi, 042° NE · 1,640 acres
- Petersburg Lake National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 39.6 mi, 026° NE · 15 acres
- Sons of Norway Hall (Monument) — 40.4 mi, 038° NE
- Northern Nights Theater (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 038° NE
- Whale Observatory (Viewpoint) — 41.6 mi, 039° NE
- Kadin Island Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 45.2 mi, 075° E
- Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.4 mi, 228° SW · 13.7M acres
- Rio Roberts Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 55.5 mi, 144° SE
- Admiralty Island National Monument (National Monument) — 63.8 mi, 351° N · 1.0M acres
- Chief Shakes Hot Springs Site (Attraction) — 66.2 mi, 067° NE
- The Gallery (Gallery) — 67.6 mi, 128° SE
- Glass Ball Beach (Attraction) — 79.6 mi, 296° NW
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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).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
