Tanacross Alaska Map
Explore Tanacross, 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 Tanacross, Alaska
How to Use This Tanacross, Alaska Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tanacross, 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 Tanacross.
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 | Tanacross |
| State | Alaska (AK) |
| County | Southeast Fairbanks |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| Latitude | 63.328691 |
| Longitude | -143.486599 |
| Population | 144 |
| Density | 0.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99776 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| School District | Alaska Gateway School District |
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.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tanana Valley State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 329° NW
- Gold Panning (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 086° E
- World's Largest Mosquito (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 086° E
- Tok Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 091° E · 89 acres
- Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.4 mi, 091° E · 1.5M acres
- Mosquito Flats Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 34.6 mi, 016° N
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 44.6 mi, 183° S · 4.3M acres
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 49.5 mi, 187° S · 8.0M acres
- Fortymile Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 51.2 mi, 359° N
- Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 57.1 mi, 188° S · 9.7M acres
- Upward Sun River (Historic Ruins) — 59.4 mi, 326° NW
- Richardson Monument (Attraction) — 64.6 mi, 262° W
- Sevenmile Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 68.8 mi, 257° W
- Fortymile River (Wild & Scenic River) — 72.0 mi, 009° N · 248k acres
- Pipeline Viewpoint (Attraction) — 78.0 mi, 293° NW
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 79.9 mi, 004° N · 2.2M acres
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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).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
