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Slana Alaska Map

Explore Slana, 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 Slana, Alaska

How to Use This Slana, Alaska Map

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

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	Slana
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Copper River
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.61786
Longitude	-143.522398
Population	116
Density	0.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99586
Area Code	907
School District	Copper River School District

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About Slana, Alaska

Slana is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 116. The population density is 0.2 people per km². Slana is located at 62.6179°N, 143.5224°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99586.

Slana occupies a sprawling, quiet expanse where the earth feels vast and indifferent to the passing of human time. It lies 181.1 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 141°T), and is situated 133.7 miles northeast of Valdez. Ahtell Creek carves its way through this rugged terrain, its waters clear and cold as they pull toward the larger, unseen arteries of the interior. Three miles distant, the waters of Kennedy Lake hold the sky in a mirror of stillness, undisturbed by the rush of the world. On the horizon, the Wrangell Mountains rise in jagged, snow-dusted relief, their immense presence defining the scale of the landscape. Slana exists as an outpost of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, where the taiga stretches out in muted tones of moss and gray, and the air carries a crisp, thin clarity that makes every distant spruce stand out with sharp, singular intent.

Slana bears the weight of a history rooted in the grit of gold seekers and the hard-won persistence of those who chose to live where the road ends. The local economy persists through a mix of seasonal subsistence, small-scale enterprise, and the steady, guiding influence of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, which draws the occasional traveler looking to find the quietude of the wild. Life here moves to the rhythm of the seasons, dictated by the lengthening and shortening of light rather than the frantic pace of distant centers. People live with a deep awareness of the land, recognizing that the wilderness is not a backdrop but a neighbor. In the evenings, when the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, the silence that descends upon Slana feels like a physical weight, settling over the wood-smoke and the low, steady hum of a life lived on its own terms.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — locality lies within · 4.3M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 2.9 mi, 186° S · 8.0M acres
Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.1 mi, 223° SW · 9.7M acres
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.4 mi, 092° E · 1.5M acres
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 28.7 mi, 007° N
Tok Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.0 mi, 017° N · 89 acres
Gold Panning (Attraction) — 51.9 mi, 015° N
World's Largest Mosquito (Public Artwork) — 51.9 mi, 015° N
Copper River Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 61.8 mi, 250° W
Richardson Monument (Attraction) — 74.5 mi, 302° NW
Alaska Yaks (Attraction) — 76.2 mi, 212° SW

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