Alatna, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alatna, Alaska, shaded from 390 ft on the southwest side to 980 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
980 ft 300 m830 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m610 ft 185 m460 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alatna sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
610 ft 185 m
few residents
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southwest side
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Alatna spans about 590 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alatna
570 ft175 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alatna, Alaska, shaded from 390 ft on the southwest side to 980 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
15 2020 Census
Land area
36.9 sq mi
Density
0.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
66.5572° N, 152.7072° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Koyukuk River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
ZIP codes 1
99720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wiseman2,340 ft
  2. Anaktuvuk Pass2,120 ft
  3. Coldfoot1,600 ft
  4. Evansville760 ft
  5. Hughes640 ft
  6. Bettles640 ft
  7. Alatna610 ft
  8. Allakaket430 ft
  9. Rampart370 ft
  10. Stevens Village310 ft
  11. Tanana230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hal Waugh4,680 ft
  • Indian Mountain4,250 ft
  • Heart Mountain3,059 ft
  • Button Mountain2,360 ft
  • Niitltoktalogi Mountain2,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Alatna is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.