Scammon Bay Alaska Map

About Scammon Bay, Alaska

Scammon Bay is a locality in Kusilvak, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 600. The population density is 495.0 people per km². Scammon Bay is located at 61.8428°N, 165.5817°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Scammon Bay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99662.

Scammon Bay sits firmly upon the expansive, low-lying tundra where the silence of the interior dominates the horizon. It lies 517.0 miles west-northwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 282°T), and is situated 146.1 miles west-northwest of Bethel. The land here stretches out in muted tones of lichen-gray and ochre, an immense, flat expanse that feels indifferent to the passage of human time. Thirteen miles to the east, the Askinuk Mountains rise as a jagged, dark promise against the sky, while the nearby Kun River winds through the mossy earth like a ribbon of cold, dark glass. The air holds a sharp, clean clarity that makes the distant ridges appear close enough to touch, especially when the subarctic light turns a bruised, deep violet during the long, slow approach of dusk.

Scammon Bay remains a place defined by its deep connection to the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses the vast, wild reaches surrounding the settlement. Life here is dictated by the rhythm of the seasons and the land’s capacity to sustain those who have long called this interior expanse home. Residents navigate the terrain with a quiet, practiced expertise, moving between the settlement and the expansive wilderness to harvest what the earth provides, while Kagankaguti Lake lies tucked into the distant landscape, a silent sentinel thirteen miles away. The economy is quiet and rooted in the traditional use of the environment, a way of living that values endurance and a measured pace, far removed from the clamor of the outside world.

About This Scammon Bay Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scammon Bay, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.842778, -165.581667. 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 Scammon Bay includes the ZIP code (99662), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kusilvak, and school district assignment (Lower Yukon 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.