Ugashik Alaska Map

About Ugashik, Alaska

Ugashik is a locality in Lake and Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 4. Ugashik is located at 57.6474°N, 156.9949°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99649.

Ugashik occupies a vast, hushed expanse of tundra where the horizon stretches flat and wide under an immense, pale subarctic sky. It lies 367.3 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 229°T), and is situated 112.3 miles south-southeast of Dillingham. Low-growing shrubs and mosses blanket the earth in muted shades of ochre and olive, broken only by the sudden, silver glint of water that defines the local topography. To the east, the distant, jagged spine of the Aleutian Range silhouettes itself against the clouds, a rugged wall that anchors the world in place. The Dog Salmon River winds through this terrain just four miles away, carving a slow, deliberate path through the vegetation, while the nearby waters of Silver Salmon Lake catch the shifting light of the long afternoons, mirroring the clouds with a clarity that renders the air thin and sharp.

Ugashik exists as a quiet outpost where the rhythms of life are dictated by the land’s own ancient, slow-moving pace. The proximity of the Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area, only two miles distant, underscores the region's status as a sanctuary for wildlife, where the movement of grizzly and raven remains the primary measure of time. Historically, the area has been shaped by those who learned to navigate the interior through bush planes and seasonal cycles, creating an economy tethered to the wild resources of the watershed. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, resonant presence that presses against the windows of the few cabins, reminding every inhabitant that the landscape holds an authority far greater than any human endeavor.

About This Ugashik Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ugashik, Alaska. Coordinates: 57.64738, -156.994926. 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 Ugashik includes the ZIP code (99649), telephone area code (907), county seat of Lake and Peninsula, and school district assignment (Lake and Peninsula Borough 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.