Tanacross Alaska Map

About Tanacross, Alaska

Tanacross is a locality in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 0.7 people per km². Tanacross is located at 63.3287°N, 143.4866°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99776.

Tanacross emerges from the low-lying expanse of the interior, a quiet settlement framed by the vast, muted greens of the boreal forest. It lies 159.7 miles southeast of Badger, AK (from Badger, AK: bearing 126°T), and is situated 165.6 miles southeast of Fairbanks. The landscape around Tanacross consists of flat, sprawling plains and dense taiga, where the air holds a crisp, dry stillness that amplifies the distant call of a raven. Only a mile away, the surface of Moon Lake reflects the shifting, subarctic light, acting as a polished mirror for the expansive sky. To the south, the massive, jagged silhouettes of the Wrangell Mountains hover on the horizon, their snow-dusted peaks providing a stark, permanent contrast to the gentle, shadowed depressions of the immediate terrain.

Fish Creek winds through the brush just two miles from the village, a vital artery of water that has sustained generations in this interior basin. The influence of the Tanana Valley State Forest, which begins only five miles away, dictates much of the local rhythm, grounding the economy in the stewardship of timber and the preservation of wild, untamed corridors. Life in Tanacross moves with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the deep, cultural heritage of the Athabascan people who have long called this land home. The presence of the bush plane remains an essential tether to the outside world, punctuating the silence of the immense landscape as it connects the people to the wider reaches of the interior.

About This Tanacross Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tanacross, Alaska. Coordinates: 63.328691, -143.486599. 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 Tanacross includes the ZIP code (99776), telephone area code (907), county seat of Southeast Fairbanks, and school district assignment (Alaska Gateway 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.