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Prudhoe Bay Alaska Map

Explore Prudhoe Bay, 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 Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

How to Use This Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Prudhoe Bay, 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 Prudhoe Bay.

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	Prudhoe Bay
State	Alaska (AK)
County	North Slope
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	70.365868
Longitude	-148.749374
Population	1,310
Density	1.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99734, 99519
Area Code	907
School District	North Slope Borough School District

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About Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Prudhoe Bay is a locality in North Slope, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,310. The population density is 1.3 people per km². Prudhoe Bay is located at 70.3659°N, 148.7494°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99734, 99519.

Prudhoe Bay stretches across a vast, low-lying expanse of tundra where the horizon seems to dissolve into a perpetual, pale suspension of earth and sky. It lies 373.3 miles north of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 358°T). The land is a mosaic of mosses and sedges, held in a brittle stillness that belies the movement of the seasons, while the distant, serrated edge of the Brooks Range haunts the southern skyline like a memory of stone. Only five miles away, the Putuligayuk River meanders through the permafrost, carving a shallow, braided path toward the Beaufort Sea, which lies fifteen miles to the north, its presence marked by the sharp, metallic tang of salt carried on the wind. Niako Island sits adrift in the coastal distance, a dark smudge against the gray sheen of the water, and the entire landscape remains bound within the rugged, industrial expanse of the James Dalton Highway Corridor.

Prudhoe Bay functions as a profound convergence of human necessity and the stark, uncompromising demands of the high north. The local economy is defined by the steady, rhythmic pulse of energy extraction, a quiet industry that has repurposed the silence of the tundra into a center of global significance. Here, the infrastructure of pipelines and service modules stands in stark contrast to the ancient, slow-growing vegetation, creating a singular environment where the labor of the present is measured against the deep, indifferent time of the Arctic. Life within the James Dalton Highway Corridor moves with a deliberate, purposeful gravity, as workers navigate a world where the light at dusk lingers with a bruised, violet intensity, illuminating the industrial silhouette of Prudhoe Bay against the vast, empty theater of the north.

Nearby Outdoor Places

James Dalton Highway Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 164° S
Arctic Ocean Shuttle (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 149° SE
Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 69.0 mi, 179° S
Sag River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 71.2 mi, 180° S

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