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Port Heiden Alaska Map

Explore Port Heiden, 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 Heiden, Alaska

How to Use This Port Heiden, Alaska Map

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

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

Latitude	56.965241
Longitude	-158.586416
Population	100
Density	0.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99549
Area Code	907
School District	Lake and Peninsula Borough School District

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About Port Heiden, Alaska

Port Heiden is a locality in Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 0.8 people per km². Port Heiden is located at 56.9652°N, 158.5864°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Port Heiden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99549.

Port Heiden endures as a solitary outpost amidst a vast, subarctic expanse of tundra and low-lying shrubs that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 427.9 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 230°T), and is situated 145.7 miles south of Dillingham. The terrain here is defined by a rigorous, open flatness, broken only by the modest elevation of distant landforms and the subtle rise of earth toward the lonely silhouette of Half Cone, which looms seventeen miles away in the quiet distance. During the long, slanted hours of the subarctic dusk, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality, casting long shadows that seem to stretch the very grain of the land into something infinite. A nearby stream occasionally cuts a silent, winding path through the permafrost, its water dark and indifferent to the slow passage of seasons that dictate the rhythm of the wind.

Port Heiden maintains a deliberate, self-reliant character shaped by a history of resilience in a landscape that demands constant adjustment. The local economy persists through a careful alignment with the seasons, often centered on subsistence practices and the small-scale logistical support required by those who navigate this remote interior. Just three miles away, the Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area serves as a protected sanctuary for the region’s wildlife, keeping the wild presence of raven and grizzly country close to the human sphere. Life moves with an unpretentious gravity here, where the sound of a bush plane overhead serves as the primary clock, marking the movement of people and supplies across a territory that remains indifferent to the ambitions of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 211° SW
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.6 mi, 178° S · 7.4M acres
Aniakchak National Monument (National Monument) — 10.7 mi, 121° SE · 137k acres
Aniakchak National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 136° SE · 459k acres
Cinder River Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 023° NE
Alaska Peninsula Lagoons Fee (Conservation Area) — 51.2 mi, 190° S
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.1 mi, 163° S · 13.7M acres
Captain George Wayne Thornbrough (Monument) — 64.2 mi, 237° SW

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