Slana Alaska Map

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.

About This Slana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Slana, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.61786, -143.522398. 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 Slana includes the ZIP code (99586), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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.