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Utqiaġvik Alaska Map

Explore Utqiaġvik, 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 Utqiaġvik, Alaska

How to Use This Utqiaġvik, Alaska Map

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

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	Utqiaġvik
State	Alaska (AK)
County	North Slope
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	71.290556
Longitude	-156.788611
Population	4,927
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99723
Area Code	907

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About Utqiaġvik, Alaska

Utqiaġvik is a locality in North Slope, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,927. Utqiaġvik is located at 71.2906°N, 156.7886°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99723.

Utqiaġvik endures as a vast expanse of subarctic tundra, where the horizon stretches flat and indifferent under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to a pale, bone-white light. It lies 500.2 miles north-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 337°T). The earth here is a mosaic of permafrost and low-lying sedge, broken only by the quiet, silvered surface of Isatkoak Lagoon, which sits a mile from the center of the settlement. Far to the south, the distant, jagged spine of the Brooks Range offers a jagged silhouette against the dim heavens, though it remains a ghost of a memory across the immense, treeless plains. Near the winding banks of Beaded Creek, the ground softens into marshy hollows, and the wind carries a sharp, metallic clarity that seems to scour the very silence from the air.

Utqiaġvik functions as a vital center of commerce and governance, its economy deeply tethered to the extraction of resources and the logistical needs of those who work the land. Within the boundaries of Unknown Park, the wilderness remains largely unmolested, a stark contrast to the infrastructure of pipes and gravel roads that sustain the local life. The people here possess a singular resilience, moving through the cycles of the year with an awareness of the cold that dictates the rhythm of every day. History is not written in stone but in the persistent survival of a culture that has learned to thrive in this stark, unforgiving latitude, where the light itself seems to possess a weight and presence that dwarfs the efforts of men.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 004° N
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 132° SE
Funakoshi Memorial (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 239° SW
Iñupiat Heritage Center (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 055° NE
Piġniq (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 047° NE
Nuvuk (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 047° NE
Northern Most point of the United States of America (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 047° NE

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