Chicken, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chicken, Alaska, shaded from 1,420 ft on the northeast side to 3,790 ft on the north side
Elevation
3,790 ft 1,155 m3,200 ft 975 m2,900 ft 885 m2,310 ft 705 m1,720 ft 525 m1,420 ft 435 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Chicken sits at about 2,420 ft (740 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,420 ft 740 m
few residents
Lowest
1,420 ft 435 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,790 ft 1,155 m
on the north side
Average
2,430 ft 740 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chicken spans about 2,370 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
2,420 ft740 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
3,790 ft1,155 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,420 ft435 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chicken
1,700 ft520 m
Average of all land2,430 ft740 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chicken, Alaska, shaded from 1,420 ft on the northeast side to 3,790 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
12 2020 Census
Land area
115.9 sq mi
Density
0.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
64.0733° N, 141.9361° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Fortymile River → Yukon River → Bering Sea
ZIP codes 1
99732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Chicken2,420 ft
  2. Dot Lake1,980 ft
  3. Northway1,710 ft
  4. Tetlin1,660 ft
  5. Tok1,640 ft
  6. Healy Lake1,580 ft
  7. Tanacross1,550 ft
  8. Dry Creek1,510 ft
  9. Dot Lake Village1,400 ft
  10. Eagle Village1,260 ft
  11. Eagle900 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Fairplay5,546 ft
  • Diamond Mountain5,390 ft
  • Kechumstuk Mountain5,003 ft
  • Fortymile Dome4,196 ft
  • Steele Creek Dome4,010 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.
  • Chicken 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.