Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska Map
Explore Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 16 cities and towns in Prince of Wales-Hyder County below.
Interactive Map of Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska
| County | Prince of Wales-Hyder |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County Seat | Metlakatla |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 55.869583 |
| Longitude | -132.927101 |
| Cities & Towns | 16 |
| Area Codes | 907 |
About Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska
Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough occupies an expansive, jagged frontier where the North American continent fractures into a labyrinth of glacier-cut fjords and densely forested islands. The terrain is a vertical geography of rain-soaked spruce and hemlock, rising sharply from the dark, salt-heavy waters of the Pacific to snow-dusted ridges that catch the subarctic light with a cold, pale brilliance. Rivers here run salmon-bright, slicing through ancient rock and moss-covered muskeg, while the movement of the tides dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the entire region. This vast, rugged expanse is bordered by the deep, silent expanse of international waters to the west and the formidable, impassable peaks of the Coast Mountains that mark the threshold of the Canadian interior.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough emerged as a distinct administrative entity during a period of shifting regional governance, formalizing the identity of a population long defined by the isolation of its archipelago and the ruggedness of its mainland slivers. Its history is written in the seasonal migrations of indigenous peoples and the later arrival of prospectors and timber cruisers, who sought fortune in the veins of quartz and the towering stands of timber. The administrative center functions as a quiet nexus for these disparate coastal reaches, a place where the arrival of a supply barge or the drone of a bush plane serves as the primary clock for daily life. The borough acts as a container for these scattered lives, bridging the gap between the maritime traditions of the coast and the inland, mountainous reality of its easternmost reaches.
Commerce and daily existence in the borough are tethered to the extraction of natural resources and the seasonal cycles of the sea, with fishing fleets and logging operations forming the backbone of local industry. Life is defined by the immense scale of the landscape, which dwarfs the small, wood-framed dwellings that huddle against the treeline, their chimneys exhaling thin plumes of smoke into the damp, heavy air. The character of the place is one of quiet self-reliance, where residents recognize the necessity of preparation and the sudden, humbling shifts in the weather. In the late summer dusk, when the light turns a bruised, metallic violet, the silence of the wilderness feels absolute, pressing against the windows of the town and reminding the traveler that the reach of civilization here is merely a fragile, temporary gesture against the raw, indifferent strength of the raven and grizzly country.
Cities and Towns in Prince of Wales-Hyder County
About This Prince of Wales-Hyder County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Prince of Wales-Hyder County, Alaska alongside links to detailed street maps for 16 cities and towns. The county seat is Metlakatla. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
