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Wrangell Alaska Map

Explore Wrangell, 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 Wrangell, Alaska

How to Use This Wrangell, Alaska Map

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

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	Wrangell
State	Alaska (AK)
County	Wrangell
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Alaska Time (America/Sitka)

Latitude	56.470833
Longitude	-132.376667
Population	2,088
Density	1.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99929, 99903
Area Code	907

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About Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell is a locality in Wrangell, Alaska, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,088. The population density is 1.2 people per km². Wrangell is located at 56.4708°N, 132.3767°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Sitka) timezone. ZIP codes: 99929, 99903.

Wrangell exists as a rugged expanse of interior timberland where the air maintains a crisp, biting clarity that sharpens the edges of every pine needle. It lies 147.6 miles south-southeast of Juneau, AK (from Juneau, AK: bearing 148°T), and is situated 32.1 miles southeast of Petersburg. The landscape is dominated by the dense, ancient growth of the Tongass National Forest, which presses close against the perimeter of the settlement, creating a wall of deep, shadowed green. Dewey Hill rises abruptly from the center of the terrain, its slopes offering a vantage point over the vast, undulating woodland that stretches toward the horizon. Further out, the icy, crystalline presence of Nelson Glacier looms as a silent sentinel, its ancient, frozen mass reflecting a pale, subarctic light that seems to hold the day in a perpetual state of twilight. A nearby stream cuts a winding, silver path through the thicket, its rhythmic movement serving as the only pulse in a land governed by the stillness of the taiga.

Wrangell draws its character from the endurance of those who first sought purchase in this high-latitude wilderness, building a life upon the extraction of timber and the slow, deliberate work of the forest floor. The economy remains tethered to the timber industry and the management of the vast surrounding tracts of the Tongass National Forest, where the labor of the ax and the mill defines the passage of the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain opens into the expansive reaches of Horseshoe Basin, a wide, hollowed space that invites the migration of wildlife through the deep brush. Life in Wrangell proceeds with a quiet, measured gravity, where the residents move in accordance with the heavy, changing weather and the immense, indifferent scale of the surrounding hills. It is a place where the history of the frontier is not merely remembered, but lived in the very act of maintaining a foothold amidst the wild, unforgiving timber.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tongass National Forest (National Forest) — 0.0 mi, 275° W · 16.7M acres
Kadin Island Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 4.4 mi, 327° NW
Stikine-Leconte Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.6 mi, 008° N · 438k acres
Ernie Haugen Public Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 299° NW
Earl West Cove (State Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 140° SE
Crane Lake National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 17.2 mi, 319° NW · 1 acres
Thoms Place State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 21.1 mi, 157° SE
South Etolin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.4 mi, 173° S · 83k acres
Chief Shakes Hot Springs Site (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 038° NE
Beecher Pass State Marine Park (State Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 292° W
Anan viewing deck (Viewpoint) — 27.6 mi, 137° SE
City Of Petersburg Water Supply Act Water Reserve Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 28.2 mi, 315° NW · 1,640 acres
Sons of Norway Hall (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 317° NW
Northern Nights Theater (Cinema) — 32.4 mi, 317° NW
Petersburg Lake National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 36.3 mi, 315° NW · 15 acres
Misty Fjords National Monument (National Monument) — 42.8 mi, 123° SE · 2.3M acres
The Gallery (Gallery) — 50.8 mi, 175° S
Totem 2,Eagle Grave Marker (Public Artwork) — 76.2 mi, 162° S
Alaska Rainforest Family Adventure (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 160° S

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