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Tyonek Alaska Map

Explore Tyonek, 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 Tyonek, Alaska

How to Use This Tyonek, Alaska Map

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

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	Tyonek
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Kenai Peninsula
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	61.099425
Longitude	-151.338909
Population	152
Density	0.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99682, 99635
Area Code	907
School District	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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About Tyonek, Alaska

Tyonek is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 152. The population density is 0.9 people per km². Tyonek is located at 61.0994°N, 151.3389°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99682, 99635.

Tyonek sits upon the high, bluff-edged coastline, where the land meets the vast, churning waters of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 42.5 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 256°T), and is situated 26.6 miles north of Nikiski. Indian Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local terrain, carrying the cold pulse of the interior toward the shore, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Kenai Mountains haunts the horizon like a dream of winter. The air here carries a sharp, saline clarity, a quality of light that seems to stretch the afternoon until the sun pulls long, violet shadows across the tundra. Near the village, the still, mirrored surfaces of Spring Water Lakes provide a quiet counterpoint to the restless power of the nearby sea, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels older than the spruce trees themselves.

Tyonek sustains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal movements of salmon and the cycles of the tides, a heritage of Dena’ina Athabascan life that remains etched into the local identity. The economy remains tethered to the natural abundance of the region, supported by proximity to the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, which draws those who respect the quiet, immense scale of this wilderness. Life in Tyonek moves with the deliberate pace of a place where the bush plane serves as a vital tether to the wider world, and the presence of oil and gas exploration has introduced a modern, industrial thread to a history otherwise woven from subsistence and resilience. It is a place where the modern traveler might feel the weight of the immense, untamed silence that characterizes this corner of the north, a geography that demands a certain humility from all who dwell within its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Trading Bay State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 227° SW
Susitna Flats State Game Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 041° NE
Captain Cook State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 159° S
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.8 mi, 159° S · 3.9M acres
Birch Hill Unit (Resource Management Area) — 24.4 mi, 134° SE
Swanson River Unit (Resource Management Area) — 26.1 mi, 143° SE
Talachulitna Recreation River (State Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 009° N
Neacola Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 29.1 mi, 262° W
Lake Clark National Park (National Park) — 31.7 mi, 246° SW · 2.5M acres
Dave Spencer Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.8 mi, 143° SE · 186k acres
Kenai Historical Society (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 176° S
Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 40.2 mi, 245° SW · 2.6M acres
Indigenous Placename Marker (Public Artwork) — 42.5 mi, 084° E
Nike Site Point Missile Launch Area (Historic Ruins) — 43.0 mi, 084° E
Nike SIte Point Integrated Fire Control Area (Historic Ruins) — 43.7 mi, 084° E
View of the Turnagain Arm (Viewpoint) — 43.9 mi, 085° E
Nothern Air Cargo DC-6 (Monument) — 46.6 mi, 083° E
Kenai Administrative Site (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.4 mi, 155° SE · 20 acres
West High Theatre (Theatre) — 47.9 mi, 081° E
Benny Benson Memorial (Monument) — 48.0 mi, 082° E
Dos Manos (Gallery) — 48.1 mi, 081° E
Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 48.4 mi, 082° E
James J. Delaney Memorial (Monument) — 48.6 mi, 080° E
Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall (Theatre) — 48.8 mi, 080° E
Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 48.9 mi, 080° E
Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (Attraction) — 49.0 mi, 080° E
LumaLim (Museum) — 49.1 mi, 080° E
Alaska Law Enforcement Museum (Museum) — 49.1 mi, 080° E
Anchorage Museum Planetarium (Museum) — 49.2 mi, 080° E
Regal Dimond Center 9 Cinemas (Cinema) — 49.2 mi, 086° E

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