Tuntutuliak Alaska Map

About Tuntutuliak, Alaska

Tuntutuliak is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 469. The population density is 1.6 people per km². Tuntutuliak is located at 60.4103°N, 162.6697°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. ZIP code: 99680.

Tuntutuliak occupies a vast, hushed expanse of tundra where the horizon stretches flat and indifferent against the pale, subarctic sky. It lies 434.0 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 268°T), and is situated 43.7 miles southwest of Bethel. Across this immense, featureless plain, the land remains defined by its stillness and the low, scrubby vegetation that clings to the permafrost, punctuated only by the occasional wandering of a raven or the shifting shadows of clouds. Five miles away, the Kinak River carves a serpentine path through the earth, its dark waters reflecting the long, slanted light that lingers during the transition into dusk. The atmosphere here is heavy with the weight of isolation, a territory where the ground feels ancient and the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity that renders every distant movement distinct.

Tuntutuliak exists as a quiet outpost within the sprawling boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, a landscape that dictates the rhythm of survival and subsistence. The local economy and daily life are inextricably tied to the land, relying on traditional practices that have sustained generations in this interior region far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Small dwellings stand resilient against the biting winds, their presence marking a human persistence in a place that otherwise belongs to the wild, migratory cycles of the interior wilderness. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the subtle, seasonal shifts in the quality of the light and the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons across the plains.

About This Tuntutuliak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tuntutuliak, Alaska. Coordinates: 60.410269, -162.669682. 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 Tuntutuliak includes the ZIP code (99680), telephone area code (907), county seat of Bethel, and school district assignment (Lower Kuskokwim 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.