Port Lions Alaska Map

About Port Lions, Alaska

Port Lions is a locality in Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 170. The population density is 13.2 people per km². Port Lions is located at 57.8670°N, 152.8562°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Port Lions is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99550.

Port Lions anchors itself against the rugged, verdant edge of the Pacific Ocean, where the salt-heavy air clings to the spruce and hemlock that crowd the shoreline. It lies 253.9 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 206°T), and is situated 18.3 miles west-northwest of Kodiak. The terrain rises in steep, uneven swells, providing a stark, wild silhouette against the horizon where the distant peaks of Eddys Range catch the fading subarctic light. Below the treeline, the land is a tangle of moss and damp earth, occasionally broken by the steady, cold flow of Elbow Creek, which carves its way through the landscape toward the tides. Across the water, the silhouette of Koniuji Island sits in quiet watch, while the expansive reaches of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge press inward, ensuring that the rhythm of the wilderness remains the primary pulse of the region.

Port Lions emerged from the necessity of relocation, carrying the resilience of its people into a new harbor after the upheaval of the mid-twentieth century. The local economy remains tethered to the sea, defined by the seasonal harvesting of salmon and the careful navigation of the surrounding waters, where the gray swells dictate the pace of every workday. Beyond the reach of the docks, the deep, inland stillness is rarely broken, save for the occasional transit of a bush plane or the quiet movement of wildlife moving between the coast and the distant, shadowed interior. Life here is measured by the clarity of the tides and the long, lingering dusks, far removed from the clamor of the world, leaving residents to find a singular, grounded beauty in the immense scale of the landscape surrounding Lake Leanne and the silent, dark forests beyond.

About This Port Lions Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port Lions, Alaska. Coordinates: 57.867012, -152.856248. 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 Port Lions includes the ZIP code (99550), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kodiak Island, and school district assignment (Kodiak Island Borough 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.