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Port Alsworth Alaska Map

Explore Port Alsworth, 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 Port Alsworth, Alaska

How to Use This Port Alsworth, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Port Alsworth, 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 Port Alsworth.

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	Port Alsworth
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Lake and Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	60.15673
Longitude	-154.33961
Population	186
Density	3.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99653
Area Code	907
School District	Lake and Peninsula Borough School District

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About Port Alsworth, Alaska

Port Alsworth is a locality in Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 186. The population density is 3.2 people per km². Port Alsworth is located at 60.1567°N, 154.3396°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99653.

Port Alsworth anchors its presence on the clear, expansive waters of Lake Clark, where the land rises in quiet intensity toward the vast, silent horizons of the interior. It lies 164.8 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 247°T), and is situated 90.7 miles west-northwest of Anchor Point. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, carrying the scent of damp moss and evergreen needles across the rugged expanse of the Lake Clark National Preserve. Only a mile away, the Tanalian River cuts a swift, cold path through the terrain, its relentless movement providing a constant, low-frequency pulse beneath the stillness of the taiga. While the Alaska Range looms as a faint, serrated suggestion in the far distance, the immediate landscape is defined by the intimate, unyielding relationship between the dense forest and the deep, glacial-fed basin of the lake.

Port Alsworth functions as a vital gateway for those drawn to the wilderness, serving as a hub where the persistent drone of bush planes replaces the mechanical hum of urban life. The economy and daily rhythm of the locality are inextricably linked to the stewardship of the surrounding wild, with aviation and seasonal guiding forming the bedrock of existence. Life moves in accordance with the shifting light of the subarctic seasons, where the brief, feverish intensity of summer gives way to a long, meditative winter. It is a place of deliberate isolation, where the scale of the environment humbles human ambition, demanding a quiet resilience from those who choose to make their lives amidst such ancient, undisturbed geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Clark National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — locality lies within · 1.2M acres
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.8 mi, 164° S · 2.6M acres
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 1.8 mi, 164° S · 2.5M acres
Mcneil River State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 56.5 mi, 180° S
Katmai National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 64.1 mi, 190° S · 328k acres
Mcneil River State Game Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 68.0 mi, 180° S
Katmai National Park (National Park) — 75.1 mi, 190° S · 3.6M acres
Katmai Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 80.0 mi, 180° S · 3.3M acres

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