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Tununak Alaska Map

Explore Tununak, 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 Tununak, Alaska

How to Use This Tununak, Alaska Map

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

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	Tununak
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Bethel
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	60.60713
Longitude	-165.128009
Population	411
Density	2.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99681
Area Code	907
School District	Lower Kuskokwim School District

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About Tununak, Alaska

Tununak is a locality in Bethel, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 411. The population density is 2.6 people per km². Tununak is located at 60.6071°N, 165.1280°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. ZIP code: 99681.

Tununak reveals itself as a quiet expanse of inland tundra, where the horizon stretches across a vast, treeless plain that seems to absorb the very light of the subarctic sun. It lies 516.6 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 272°T), and is situated 119.2 miles west of Bethel. The North Fork Tununak River meanders through the landscape, its dark, braided channels cutting through the mossy earth with a persistent, fluid patience. Thirteen miles to the distance, the Kaluyut Mountains rise in muted shades of gray and slate, providing a jagged, silent boundary to the flat, open geography. Within the expansive reaches of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the air holds a singular, crisp clarity, sharpening the edges of the distant ridges and grounding the immense scale of the terrain.

History in Tununak is etched into the seasonal cycles of the land and the resilient traditions of those who have long navigated these inland reaches. The local economy persists through a careful reliance on the resources provided by the surrounding wilderness, where the rhythm of daily life is dictated by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of external industry. Cultural identity here remains tied to the cycles of the earth, with the land providing both the sustenance and the backdrop for a life defined by quiet endurance. In the hush of the afternoon, Tununak feels less like a fixed coordinate and more like a permanent witness to the slow, ancient shifts of the tundra, where even the smallest movement of a raven across the sky carries the weight of the immense, undisturbed space below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.9 mi, 170° S · 62.7M acres
Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 184° S
Hazen Bay Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 012° N
Nunivak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.7 mi, 198° S · 595k acres

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