Valdez Alaska Map

About Valdez, Alaska

Valdez is a locality in Chugach, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,985. The population density is 7.2 people per km². Valdez is located at 61.0836°N, 146.3172°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Valdez is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99686.

Valdez commands a jagged intersection where the earth yields abruptly to the deep, dark expanse of Prince William Sound. It lies 103.5 miles east-southeast of North Lakes, AK (from North Lakes, AK: bearing 108°T), and is situated 45.2 miles north-northwest of Cordova. The air here carries the sharp, clean scent of salt and ancient ice, a reminder that the stillness is merely a facade for the tectonic restlessness of the land. To the north, the Chugach Mountains rise as a formidable wall of granite and snow, their peaks catching a subarctic light that lingers long into the evening, casting violet shadows across the shoreline. Nearby, the churning waters of Mineral Creek spill toward the harbor, flanked by the Mineral Creek Islands that break the incoming tide. Beyond the immediate coast, the rugged terrain leads toward the frozen, slow-moving mass of Shoup Glacier, while the dense, silent expanse of Chugach National Forest provides a backdrop of deep, unyielding green.

Valdez maintains a temperament forged by the confluence of industrial necessity and the raw, unpredictable force of the wilderness. The economy pulses with the rhythmic arrival of tankers at the terminal, a stark contrast to the quiet, reflective surface of Robe Lake or the steep, narrow descent of Solomon Gulch. History in Valdez is measured not just in years, but in the resilience of a populace that rebuilt after the ground itself shifted, choosing to remain in this theater of wind and water. Life here moves with the tide, a steady, deliberate pace defined by the seasonal migration of salmon and the sudden, howling arrival of storms that turn the harbor into a sanctuary. It is a place where the scale of the environment dwarfs the ambition of any single resident, yet the people persist, finding a strange, iron-willed comfort in the shadow of the peaks.

About This Valdez Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Valdez, Alaska. Coordinates: 61.083621, -146.317179. 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 Valdez includes the ZIP code (99686), telephone area code (907), county seat of Chugach, and school district assignment (Valdez City 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.