Alaskan Map Room
Maps from around the state of Alaska
I've found quite a few great maps online and wanted to share them with you here. A map
helps me to visualize myself in a place. I can spend hours going over the diagrams and studying the maps.
Especially with Google Earth you can zoom in and out, view different features and overlays. Remember to use
the Tilt function and save a .kmz file to share with your friends or at googleearthhacks.com.
Google Earth and the web version at maps.google.com are an indispensable resource for planning an Alaskan Vacation. I've provided links to Google Earth files and to locations on Google Maps.
As always, if you know of a good map, please let everyone know on the Alaskan Forum.
Here is a list of some off the locations around Alaska in Google Earth (.kmz) Files -
South Central Alaska
Chugach Mountains | Copper River Valley | |
Valdez | Cordova | Kenney Lake |
McCarthy, Alaska | Chitina |
Southeast Alaska
Sitka | Petersburg | |
Haines | Ketchikan | Skagway |
You will need the free Software Google Earth to view these files: |
First - GoogleEarthHacks.com is super fantastic. It's a place where people upload Google Earth Files to share. I just downloaded one of some climbers on a snowfield in the Kenai. There are also files of the Iditarod trail and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Here are the files tagged with Alaska.
You can see a couple of Google Earth Slideshows of the Copper River Valley and Prince William Sound.
Alaska maps
Alaska's Scenic
Byways! - This is a recommended link for information on Alaska's beautiful highways. A must for
planning a road trip.
Alaska DOT 511 information - Travel delays are a fact of life in the
short Summer season. Knowing is half the battle.
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Visitor Bureau's maps
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- Fairbanks
- Anchorage Alaska Maps and Charts
- Fairbanks
- View Anchorage Alaska Maps like a downtown Anchorage walking map, Anchorage city maps, and outlying areas of Anchorage like the Kenai Peninsula and the Mat-su Valley. Find mileage charts and transportation options.
- Maps of Juneau Alaska
- Juneau Alaska is a top Alaska travel and Alaska vacation destination. Juneau offers adventure, history, fishing, cruises, great weather
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- Ketchikan Alaska maps and directions
- Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
- Sitka Convention & Visitors
Bureau:: Recreation Map
- Getting to Skagway, Alaska
- A place exists in Alaska where the past lives on, where the cries of
- Valdez, Alaska > Maps | Driving & Hiking Maps for Valdez, Alaska
- Travel Alaska - Alaska Maps
- Alaska State Parks Statewide Brochure
- Wrangell St. Elias Virtual Visit Map
- Location of Parks with Cabins
- Science In Your State: Alaska
- Lonely Planet - Alaska Map
- Alaska Highway Map - World Sites Atlas
- The McCarthy Road
- Map of Alaska
- Alaska State Parks Statewide Brochure
- The State of Alaska Scenic byways map. Very good maps and info here.
- Google
Earth Explorer - - Kenney Lake
- Gmaps Pedometer
- Gmaps Pedometer