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Scammon Bay Alaska Map

Explore Scammon 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 Scammon Bay, Alaska

How to Use This Scammon Bay, Alaska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Scammon 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 Scammon 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	Scammon Bay
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kusilvak
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	61.842778
Longitude	-165.581667
Population	600
Density	495.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99662
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Yukon School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.1 mi, 308° NW · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 31.6 mi, 201° S
Hazen Bay Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 69.6 mi, 166° S

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