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Shungnak Alaska Map

Explore Shungnak, 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 Shungnak, Alaska

How to Use This Shungnak, Alaska Map

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

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	Shungnak
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Northwest Arctic
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	66.880505
Longitude	-157.149979
Population	272
Density	13.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99773
Area Code	907
School District	Northwest Arctic Borough School District

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About Shungnak, Alaska

Shungnak is a locality in Northwest Arctic, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 13.0 people per km². Shungnak is located at 66.8805°N, 157.1500°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Shungnak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99773.

Shungnak reveals itself as a quiet expanse of boreal forest and tundra where the earth holds the silence of the deep interior. It lies 298.2 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 302°T), and is situated 148.0 miles east of Kotzebue. The land stretches toward the horizon in a vast, muted palette of lichen-gray and spruce-green, an immense territory where the light at dusk turns the air into a thin, violet veil. Only two miles distant, the waters of Wesley Creek carve a persistent path through the muskeg, while six miles away, the stillness of Tekeaksakrak Lake acts as a mirror for the shifting clouds. Far to the south, the distant, serrated silhouette of the Brooks Range marks the boundary of the world, a reminder of the scale that dwarfs the small structures of human habitation.

Shungnak persists as a place of enduring cultural continuity, where the rhythm of life is calibrated to the seasonal migrations and the demands of the subarctic environment. The local economy remains anchored in traditional practices, with subsistence hunting and gathering forming the bedrock of daily existence, complemented by the essential arrival of supplies via bush plane. Residents maintain a deep, inherited knowledge of the wild, moving through the landscape with a familiarity that ignores the crushing isolation of the interior. In the quiet hours, the atmosphere of Shungnak suggests a profound independence, a collective resolve that honors the wisdom of ancestors while navigating the pragmatic realities of a modern, remote existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Selawik National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.2 mi, 171° S · 5.4M acres
Selawik Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 26.8 mi, 270° W · 242k acres
Kobuk Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.9 mi, 286° W · 183k acres
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 33.8 mi, 089° E · 945k acres
Kobuk Valley National Park (National Park) — 40.7 mi, 334° NW · 1.7M acres
Noatak National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 42.3 mi, 354° N · 6.5M acres
Gates of the Arctic National Park (National Park) — 42.4 mi, 009° N · 7.3M acres
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 191° S · 8.0M acres

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