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South Naknek Alaska Map

Explore South Naknek, 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 South Naknek, Alaska

How to Use This South Naknek, Alaska Map

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

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	South Naknek
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bristol Bay
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	58.675534
Longitude	-156.994126
Population	67
Density	0.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99670
Area Code	907
School District	Bristol Bay Borough School District

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About South Naknek, Alaska

South Naknek is a locality in Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 0.3 people per km². South Naknek is located at 58.6755°N, 156.9941°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99670.

South Naknek emerges from the expansive, subarctic interior as a quiet arrangement of structures scattered across a vast, wind-swept plateau. It lies 300.0 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 238°T), and is situated 56.7 miles east-southeast of Dillingham. The landscape surrounding South Naknek is defined by the persistent presence of Packers Creek, which carves a modest path through the dense, low-lying brush and peat-heavy soil. Twelve miles to the east, the solitary silhouette of Johnson Hill breaks the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the plains that stretch toward the distant interior. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality that clarifies the light, turning the late afternoon sun into a pale, golden wash that illuminates the vast, moss-covered tundra.

Economic life in this remote sector remains tied to the rhythms of the land and the preservation of the surrounding wilderness, particularly near the borders of the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve. History here is marked by the patient endurance of those who adapted to the isolation, building a life far from the reach of larger population centers. Residents often look toward the expansive reach of Salmon Flats, a basin that holds the memories of seasonal migrations and the slow, deliberate pace of life in the north. The culture of South Naknek is forged in the silence between the gusts of wind, where the immense scale of the geography dictates a measured existence, favoring resilience over the frantic pace of more crowded environments.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 313° NW
King Salmon Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 066° NE · 5 acres
Katmai National Park (National Park) — 17.2 mi, 090° E · 3.6M acres
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 144° SE · 2.3M acres
Katmai Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.3 mi, 094° E · 3.3M acres
Alagnak Wild River (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.2 mi, 032° NE · 27k acres
Egegik Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 37.5 mi, 210° SW
Katmai National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 37.9 mi, 063° NE · 328k acres
Brooks River Bridge (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 100° E
Becharof Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 49.6 mi, 151° SE · 503k acres
Alaska's Sporstmans Lodge (Attraction) — 56.0 mi, 039° NE
Tunravik (Historic Ruins) — 56.7 mi, 352° N

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