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Takotna Alaska Map

Explore Takotna, 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 Takotna, Alaska

How to Use This Takotna, Alaska Map

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

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	Takotna
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	62.982698
Longitude	-156.083829
Population	56
Density	0.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99675
Area Code	907
School District	Iditarod Area School District

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About Takotna, Alaska

Takotna is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 0.9 people per km². Takotna is located at 62.9827°N, 156.0838°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99675.

Takotna occupies a quiet expanse of interior land where the dense, dark-needled taiga meets the open, sweeping character of the subarctic plains. It lies 230.7 miles west-northwest of Knik-Fairview, AK (from Knik-Fairview, AK: bearing 299°T). The earth here holds a stillness that seems to absorb the passage of time, with the low-lying terrain broken only by the modest, winding path of Sunset Creek, which flows just two miles from the houses. While the jagged peaks of the Alaska Range remain distant, ghost-like silhouettes upon the horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the soft, resilient growth of the forest and the expansive, heavy sky that dictates the rhythm of the day. The air carries a crisp, lingering chill that sharpens the senses, reminding any observer that they are deep within the interior, far removed from the temperate influence of the world’s edges.

Takotna emerged from the frantic pulse of the early gold mining era, evolving from a supply hub into a place that measures its wealth in self-reliance and the endurance of its inhabitants. Though the bustling activity of the prospectors has long since faded, the local economy remains tied to the land and the strategic necessity of the bush plane, which serves as a vital lifeline for transport and trade. Visitors and residents alike occasionally look toward the protected reaches of the Mcgrath Administrative Site for a sense of the vast, untamed wilderness that defines the region, or perhaps venture toward the quiet waters of Hook Lake to watch the light change across the surface. Life in Takotna follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, where the winter light turns a pale, bruised violet and the community operates with a quiet, grounded tenacity that has outlasted the boom-and-bust cycles of the past.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mcgrath Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.6 mi, 098° E · 1 acres
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.6 mi, 344° N · 8.1M acres

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