Sand Point Alaska Map

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.

About This Sand Point Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sand Point, Alaska. Coordinates: 55.31347, -160.484344. 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 Sand Point includes the ZIP code (99661), telephone area code (907), county seat of Aleutians East, and school district assignment (Aleutians East 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.