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Unalaska Alaska Map

Explore Unalaska, 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 Unalaska, Alaska

How to Use This Unalaska, Alaska Map

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

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	Unalaska
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Aleutians West
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	53.910255
Longitude	-166.529029
Population	4,254
Density	16.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	99685, 99692
Area Code	907
School District	Unalaska City School District

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About Unalaska, Alaska

Unalaska is a locality in Aleutians West, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,254. The population density is 16.1 people per km². Unalaska is located at 53.9103°N, 166.5290°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Unalaska is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 99685, 99692.

Unalaska occupies a vast expanse of rugged, high-latitude interior terrain where the horizon is defined by the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Shaler Mountains. It lies 794.8 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 238°T). The landscape surrounding Unalaska is characterized by expansive, wind-swept plains and broken tundra, punctuated by the quiet, freshwater presence of Unalaska Lake and the persistent, cold flow of Holmes Creek. To the west, the deep, shadowed contours of Makushin Valley carve a path through the earth, offering a profound sense of isolation under a sky that shifts rapidly from bruised violet to a stark, subarctic gray. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the distant peaks and lending a deliberate, measured pace to the movement of light across the open ground.

History remains embedded in the soil of Unalaska, where the remnants of earlier eras persist alongside the modern infrastructure of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Life in Unalaska is defined by an economy that leans into the harsh, demanding realities of its interior geography, requiring a resilience that dictates the rhythm of daily work and seasonal preparation. Residents observe the migration of wildlife and the changing seasons with a practiced eye, moving through a land that demands respect for its sheer, uncompromising scale. Despite the remoteness, there is a quiet, enduring character to the place, a persistence found in the steady maintenance of local life against the backdrop of an immense, indifferent wilderness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Top of Ballyhoo (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 291° W
Fort Schwatka WWII Sign (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 094° E
WWII JIN Crater (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 210° SW
WWII Anti Aircraft Canon (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 203° SW
Imphenzia (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 207° SW
Jesse Lee Home Monument (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 179° S
WWII Submarine Marker (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 199° S
World War II (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 176° S

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