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Wiseman Alaska Map

Explore Wiseman, 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 Wiseman, Alaska

How to Use This Wiseman, Alaska Map

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

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	Wiseman
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Yukon-Koyukuk
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Anchorage)

Latitude	67.480919
Longitude	-150.15408
Population	5
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99701
Area Code	907
School District	Yukon-Koyukuk School District

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About Wiseman, Alaska

Wiseman is a locality in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 5. Wiseman is located at 67.4809°N, 150.1541°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP code: 99701.

Wiseman endures as a solitary outpost of weathered cabins and boreal silence, anchored to the earth by the permafrost of the interior highlands. It lies 187.8 miles north-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 341°T). Wiseman Creek carves a narrow, gravel-strewn path through the valley floor, its waters running clear and cold beneath the gaze of the distant, jagged peaks of the Brooks Range that loom against the northern sky. The air here possesses a crystalline quality, sharp enough to catch in the lungs, while the landscape stretches outward in a vast, muted palette of spruce and lichen. Only three miles away, the singular depression of Drinking Cup Gulch marks the rugged terrain, a reminder of the immense scale of a wilderness that dwarfs the scattered human footprints left upon the tundra.

Gold-seekers once transformed this quiet basin into a frantic, makeshift hive of industry, leaving behind the rusted remnants of machinery that now sink slowly into the wild grasses. Today, the economy of Wiseman persists in a quiet defiance of the modern pace, defined by a handful of residents who navigate the rhythm of the seasons within the expansive James Dalton Highway Corridor. The isolation is profound, broken only by the occasional vibration of a bush plane or the distant hum of machinery marking the presence of the nearby highway. Life here requires a stoic intimacy with the land, where the long, amber light of autumn signals the coming deep freeze and the enduring legacy of those who first sought their fortune in the shadow of Nolan Creek Lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

James Dalton Highway Corridor (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Gates of the Arctic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.7 mi, 003° N · 7.2M acres
Gates of the Arctic National Park (National Park) — 3.7 mi, 003° N · 7.3M acres
Nugget Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.8 mi, 082° E
Wiseman (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 166° S
Poss Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.7 mi, 101° E
Northernmost Spruce Tree (Attraction) — 40.2 mi, 018° N
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.3 mi, 161° S · 18.2M acres
Chandalar Shelf (Viewpoint) — 41.7 mi, 019° N
Gates of the Arctic National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 42.0 mi, 002° N · 945k acres
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.9 mi, 026° NE · 59.1M acres
Arctic Circle Wayside (Attraction) — 66.3 mi, 196° S

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