Teller Alaska Map

About Teller, Alaska

Teller is a locality in Nome, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 64.4 people per km². Teller is located at 65.2524°N, 166.3521°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Teller is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99778.

Teller emerges from the vast, subarctic expanse as a cluster of structures huddled against the immense, indifferent scale of the interior plains. It lies 539.4 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 281°T), and is situated 59.7 miles north-northwest of Nome. Five miles to the west, the rounded profile of Coyote Creek Dome rises above the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the tundra that stretches toward the infinite, light-drenched sky. The air here carries a crisp, thin clarity that sharpens the edges of every lichen-covered stone and low-growing shrub, while the local creek carves a wandering, silver path through the permafrost. During the long, lingering hours of twilight, the landscape shifts into shades of ochre and deep violet, a quiet transformation that renders the rugged ground both formidable and strangely luminous.

Teller maintains a resilience forged by the isolation of the interior, where the rhythm of existence is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the arrival of supplies via bush plane. The economic life of Teller relies on a deep-seated tradition of subsistence, supplemented by regional trade and the seasonal movement of goods across the sprawling, trackless terrain. History remains visible in the utilitarian architecture of the small settlement, which stands as a quiet record of human endurance in a region where the natural environment dictates the terms of survival. Life in Teller moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a culture that values self-reliance and an intimate knowledge of the land, far removed from the clamor of more densely populated corners of the world.

About This Teller Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Teller, Alaska. Coordinates: 65.252359, -166.352133. 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 Teller includes the ZIP code (99778), telephone area code (907), county seat of Nome, and school district assignment (Bering Strait 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.