Red Devil Alaska Map

About Red Devil, Alaska

Red Devil is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 0.3 people per km². Red Devil is located at 61.7575°N, 157.3585°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99656.

Red Devil occupies a quiet, rugged expanse of earth where the stillness of the taiga is broken only by the rhythmic, low-frequency pulse of the wind through the spruce needles. It lies 247.2 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 282°T), and is situated 162.0 miles east-northeast of Bethel. Red Devil Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the pale, thin light that characterizes the subarctic sky as it transitions into the long, violet shadows of dusk. Far to the south and east, the jagged, serrated edges of the Alaska Range catch the final embers of the sun, appearing as a distant, ghost-like silhouette against the horizon. The landscape here is defined by an immense, unyielding scale, where the earth holds its breath under the weight of vast, silent forests and the occasional, lonely cry of a raven circling above the brush.

History in Red Devil is written in the earth itself, rooted in the mineral wealth that first drew prospectors to seek cinnabar and mercury along the banks of Red Devil Creek. This legacy of extraction persists as a faint echo, though the modern pace of life has settled into a quiet endurance, far removed from the bustle of the distant, more populated world. While Johnny Slough lies fifteen miles away as a secluded basin of stillness, the daily life of Red Devil remains tethered to the arrival of bush planes and the seasonal shifts that dictate the flow of supplies and the gathering of resources. It is a place where the economy is measured by self-reliance and the sharp, clean bite of the air, and where the residents maintain a stoic, observant connection to the land that sustains them.

About This Red Devil Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Devil, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.75746, -157.358521. 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 Red Devil includes the ZIP code (99656), telephone area code (907), county seat of Bethel, and school district assignment (Kuspuk 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.