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Sand Point Alaska Map

Explore Sand Point, 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 Sand Point, Alaska

How to Use This Sand Point, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sand Point, 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 Sand Point.

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	Sand Point
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Aleutians East
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	55.31347
Longitude	-160.484344
Population	578
Density	27.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99661
Area Code	907
School District	Aleutians East Borough School District

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About Sand Point, Alaska

Sand Point is a locality in Aleutians East, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 578. The population density is 27.9 people per km². Sand Point is located at 55.3135°N, 160.4843°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Sand Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99661.

Sand Point occupies a vast, quiet reach of the interior, where the land stretches into a sprawling expanse of tundra and low, scrub-thickened plains. It lies 558.3 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 228°T). The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of Bloomer Peak, which stands ten miles away as a silent, stony sentinel over the shifting subarctic light. A nearby stream cuts through the permafrost, its water moving with a cold, clear gravity that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding brush. In this inland setting, the air possesses a sharp, clean density, carrying the scent of damp earth and lichen that persists even as the long, amber-hued dusk settles across the valley.

Sand Point remains a place defined by the necessity of resilience, where the rhythms of the day are shaped by the isolation of the interior and the immense scale of the landscape. Four miles away, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge serves as a protected sanctuary for the wild, reinforcing a local economy that has long been tethered to the careful stewardship of the land and the strategic movement of supplies by bush plane. The character of Sand Point is forged in the endurance of its inhabitants, who move through their tasks with a deliberate, measured pace that acknowledges the quiet power of the wilderness. Here, the history of the region is whispered in the persistent, elemental struggle against the long winters, leaving the residents with a shared, unspoken respect for the ground they traverse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nikkita Shumagin 1741 (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 342° N
Air Plane Pilot Memorial (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 286° W
Fossil Beach (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 056° NE
Lone Grave (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 185° S
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 350° N · 7.4M acres
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.1 mi, 141° SE · 13.7M acres
Port Moller Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.7 mi, 000° N
Osterback Waterfall (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 260° W
Simeonof Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 52.0 mi, 120° SE · 26k acres
Chiganatux (Big River/Beach) Village (Historic Ruins) — 64.8 mi, 261° W
Iichquung (Old Kitchen Village) (Historic Ruins) — 65.3 mi, 259° W

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