Tazlina Alaska Map

About Tazlina, Alaska

Tazlina is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 11.5 people per km². Tazlina is located at 62.0503°N, 145.4430°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99588.

Tazlina sits upon a wide, glacially-fed expanse where the silt-heavy currents of the Tazlina River churn through the landscape with a persistent, rhythmic gravity. It lies 129.9 miles east-northeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 75°T), and is situated 70.9 miles north-northeast of Valdez. The air here holds a crisp, biting clarity that sharpens the edges of the distant Wrangell Mountains, which rise like jagged, snow-dusted teeth against the northern sky. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the terrain shifts into a vast, sprawling taiga, where black spruce and willow cling to the frost-hardened earth. When the subarctic light wanes, the horizon bleeds into a bruised purple, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the tundra and emphasize the immense, hollow scale of the wilderness.

Tazlina serves as a quiet nexus for those living amidst the rugged isolation of the interior, functioning as a waypoint for travelers navigating the sparse infrastructure that defines the region. The proximity to the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve draws those who seek the stark, untamed majesty of the high country, while the local economy remains tethered to the land’s inherent resources and the movement of goods through the corridor. Life in Tazlina follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, where the hum of a passing bush plane or the distant rumble of heavy transport provides the only punctuation to an otherwise profound silence. While Tolsona Lake lies twenty miles away, its presence is felt in the stillness that settles over the lowlands, marking a landscape where humanity exists only as a transient guest of the deep, enduring woods.

About This Tazlina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tazlina, Alaska. Coordinates: 62.050272, -145.443031. 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 Tazlina includes the ZIP code (99588), telephone area code (907), county seat of Copper River, and school district assignment (Copper River 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.