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Tonsina Alaska Map

Explore Tonsina, 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 Tonsina, Alaska

How to Use This Tonsina, Alaska Map

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

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	Tonsina
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Copper River
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	61.530342
Longitude	-145.110079
Population	55
Density	0.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99573
Area Code	907
School District	Copper River School District

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About Tonsina, Alaska

Tonsina is a locality in Copper River, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 55. The population density is 0.1 people per km². Tonsina is located at 61.5303°N, 145.1101°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99573.

Tonsina anchors itself within a vast, subarctic expanse where the cold breath of the north defines the sharpening of the light. It lies 135.4 miles east of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 87°T), and is situated 53.1 miles northeast of Valdez. The landscape is carved by the persistent movement of the Bernard Creek, which cuts through the earth with a singular, icy purpose, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Chugach Mountains marks the horizon like a serrated blade against the pale sky. Only a mile away, the quiet basin of Squirrel Creek Pit Lake holds the reflection of passing clouds, its stillness a stark contrast to the restless, braided currents nearby. Here, the taiga stretches out in muted shades of moss and evergreen, and the air carries a crisp, thin quality that makes the arrival of dusk feel like a slow, deliberate folding of the world into shadow.

Life in Tonsina remains tethered to the rugged demands of a land that is thirteen miles from the protected reaches of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve. The economy here is measured not in the frantic pace of modern centers, but in the slow, methodical labor required to sustain a foothold in the wilderness, often punctuated by the low, distant thrum of bush planes or the heavy presence of the oil pipeline snaking across the terrain. History is etched into the very gravel of the roads, speaking of those who navigated this interior expanse long before the modern infrastructure of the present day arrived. Residents here possess a quiet, tempered resilience, living in a rhythm governed by the seasons and the immense scale of the geography, where the raven remains a constant, watchful observer of all that unfolds beneath the open, indifferent sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tonsina River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 040° NE
Alaska Yaks (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 048° NE
Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 151° SE · 9.7M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (National Park) — 19.2 mi, 151° SE · 8.0M acres
Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 012° N · 4.3M acres
Chugach National Forest (National Forest) — 25.4 mi, 186° S · 5.4M acres
Rudleston Falls (Attraction) — 40.3 mi, 220° SW
Bridalveil Falls (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 220° SW
Horsetail Falls (Attraction) — 41.5 mi, 220° SW
Gilahina Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 46.3 mi, 097° E
Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 237° SW
Whispering Giant, by Peter Toth (Public Artwork) — 49.5 mi, 237° SW
Valdez Civic Center (Cinema) — 49.9 mi, 237° SW
Olsen Bay Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 60.7 mi, 213° SW
Gulkana River (Wild & Scenic River) — 69.8 mi, 349° N · 93k acres
Prince William Sound Science Center (Museum) — 70.0 mi, 198° S
Copper River Delta Critical Habitat Area (State Conservation Area) — 70.8 mi, 174° S
Cordova Museum (Museum) — 71.5 mi, 198° S
Saw mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 73.3 mi, 092° E
Canoe Passage State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 76.1 mi, 203° SW
Bering Glacier Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 76.6 mi, 147° SE
Trooper Bruce A. Heck Monument (Monument) — 76.9 mi, 289° W

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