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South Van Horn Alaska Map

Explore South Van Horn, 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 Van Horn, Alaska

How to Use This South Van Horn, Alaska Map

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

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 Van Horn
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Fairbanks North Star
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	64.8091
Longitude	-147.7854
Population	503
Density	24.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99709
Area Code	907
School District	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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About South Van Horn, Alaska

South Van Horn is a locality in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 503. The population density is 24.7 people per km². South Van Horn is located at 64.8091°N, 147.7854°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99709.

South Van Horn occupies a flat, expansive stretch of interior land where the horizon feels heavy with the weight of the sky. It lies 2.8 miles southwest of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Badger. The landscape is defined by a low-lying, scrub-dotted terrain that remains largely indifferent to the passage of travelers. A mile away, the quiet, undeveloped expanse of South Davis Park (Undeveloped) offers a silent buffer of wild grasses and stunted trees, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Alaska Range looms faint and ghostly against the northern sky. The air here holds a crisp, dry sharpness, and when the light shifts during the long, amber hours of dusk, the shadows of the brush stretch across the earth like long, dark fingers. Water is a quiet presence in this interior world, marked by the steady, unassuming flow of Cripple Creek three miles away and the still, reflective surface of Ballaine Lake, which lies four miles out as a mirror for the changing clouds.

South Van Horn functions as a pragmatic node of industry and transit, deeply connected to the logistical rhythms of the interior. The economy relies heavily on the steady pulse of regional infrastructure, with the legacy of resource extraction and the constant movement of heavy equipment defining the local character. Beyond the immediate industrial corridors, the land retains a rugged, untamed quality, occasionally giving way to the deeper, more dense growth of the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest fifteen miles distant. Residents often look toward the nearby Bonnifield Trail, an eight-mile stretch of path that serves as a reminder of the vast, traversable wilderness that begins just past the edge of the developed lots. Life in South Van Horn moves with a deliberate, functional pace, grounded by the reality of a climate that demands resilience and an environment that is defined by its immense, quiet scale rather than the noise of denser, more populated regions.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Davis Park (Undeveloped) (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 030° NE
South Davis Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 026° NE
Pioneer by the Bus Stop (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 012° N
Harding Railroad Car (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 011° N
Gold Rush Mining Valley (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 008° N
Bear Gallery (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 010° N
Art Gallery (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 009° N
Fairbanks Office Wildlife (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.2 mi, 029° NE · 2 acres
Interior Alaska Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 041° NE
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 035° NE
Barnette's Landing (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 038° NE
Bouchard's International Dog Mushing and Sled Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 039° NE
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 040° NE
Lend-Lease Monument (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 039° NE
Creamer's Field (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 016° N
UAF Planet Walk Start (Sun) (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 330° NW
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 4.4 mi, 019° N
Goldstream Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 001° N
Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.3 mi, 236° SW
White Alice Communications Station (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 028° NE
Meehan (Historic Ruins) — 25.6 mi, 045° NE
Beaver Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.9 mi, 001° N · 77k acres
Historic Alaska Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 247° SW
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.6 mi, 002° N · 18.2M acres
Denali Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 78.8 mi, 206° SW · 2.1M acres

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