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Point Lay Alaska Map

Explore Point Lay, 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 Lay, Alaska

How to Use This Point Lay, Alaska Map

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

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 Lay
State	Alaska (AK)
County	North Slope
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	69.737117
Longitude	-162.83412
Population	330
Density	4.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99759
Area Code	907
School District	North Slope Borough School District

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About Point Lay, Alaska

Point Lay is a locality in North Slope, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 330. The population density is 4.5 people per km². Point Lay is located at 69.7371°N, 162.8341°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. ZIP code: 99759.

Point Lay occupies a precarious, windswept sliver of land where the flat, expansive tundra meets the restless gray expanse of the Chukchi Sea. It lies 525.1 miles northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 317°T), and is situated 178.7 miles west-southwest of Utqiaġvik. The horizon here possesses a singular, crushing clarity, defined by the low-slung curvature of the earth and the shifting ice that grinds rhythmically against the shore. Only a mile away, the Kokolik River carves a serpentine path through the sediment, its waters carrying the cold, silted memory of the interior toward the salt-heavy air of the coast. The light at dusk lingers with a bruised, violet persistence, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch across the vast, treeless plain until they dissolve into the encroaching gloom of the subarctic night.

Point Lay serves as a resilient outpost of Iñupiat culture, a place where the rhythms of contemporary life are inextricably bound to the seasonal migration of bowhead whales and the traditional harvest of the sea. The local economy persists through a delicate balance of subsistence hunting and a quiet, deliberate engagement with the modern world, supported by the proximity of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge which safeguards the fragile nesting grounds of migratory birds. Life moves in accordance with the temperamental weather, a cycle punctuated by the arrival of supply planes and the communal preparation for the long, dark months. There is a profound, stoic beauty in the way the architecture of the settlement hugs the ground, low and durable, designed to withstand the relentless pressure of the wind while maintaining a watchful gaze toward the horizon.

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Western Arctic Caribou Insect Relief Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 74.8 mi, 179° S

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