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Wales Alaska Map

Explore Wales, 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 Wales, Alaska

How to Use This Wales, Alaska Map

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

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	Wales
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Nome
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Nome)

Latitude	65.609167
Longitude	-168.0875
Population	168
Density	28.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99783
Area Code	907
School District	Bering Strait School District

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About Wales, Alaska

Wales is a locality in Nome, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 28.2 people per km². Wales is located at 65.6092°N, 168.0875°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Wales is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99783.

Wales occupies a stark, expansive interior plateau where the subarctic light stretches long shadows across the tundra, illuminating the subtle gradients of moss and lichen that carpet the earth. It lies 586.9 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 284°T), and is situated 109.4 miles northwest of Nome. Village Creek carves a thin, silver thread through the low-lying basin, its bed marked by smooth stones and the quiet persistence of glacial runoff. Nineteen miles away, the jagged silhouettes of the York Mountains rise against the horizon like obsidian teeth, providing a vertical contrast to the vast, horizontal sweep of the plains. Eleven miles from the center of Wales, the protected lands of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge extend their reach, preserving the raw, untamed character of this interior wilderness where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a raven.

Human presence in Wales is defined by a deep, generational endurance, shaped by the rhythms of a landscape that demands both respect and pragmatism. The economy here remains tethered to the traditional harvest and the seasonal migrations of wildlife, fostering a culture where local knowledge is the primary currency of survival. Life in Wales moves in sync with the shifting seasons, an existence marked by the arrival of bush planes that serve as the vital link to the outside world and the careful stewardship of the land passed down through ancestral lines. In the quiet hours of dusk, the air grows thin and crystalline, settling over the modest structures with a weight that reminds every inhabitant of the immense, indifferent scale of the surrounding wilderness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kurigitavik Mound (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 146° SE
Bering Land Bridge National Park and Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 21.3 mi, 047° NE
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 047° NE · 2.7M acres

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