Anchorage
Populated place in Alaska (USGS GNIS); routed as town for indexing. County equivalent: Anchorage. Map: Anchorage A-8 NW.
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Anchorage is a consolidated city-borough: municipal government provides many services that states and counties split elsewhere. Federal and state agencies still operate across the same footprint—verify which agency owns a given permit or rule.
Anchorage is Alaska’s primary air and road hub: most of the state touches the city indirectly through cargo, medical travel, and seasonal tourism even when residents never visit. That concentration shapes infrastructure—highway corridors, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, and the Port of Alaska—against a backdrop of coastal weather and mountain access on short drives.
For ALASKA.FYI, Anchorage is a routing node more than a brochure. Use official municipal and state sources for services, taxes, and emergency notices; use Census and DOT products for boundaries and mobility data rather than third-party summaries.
Practical notes
Winter driving, frost heave, and long twilight swings are normal operating conditions. For travel timing, road incidents, and aviation disruptions, prefer 511 and airport status pages over social feeds.
Related places
Sources
- Municipality of Anchorage — Municipality of Anchorage — home · accessed · View source
- U.S. Census Bureau — data.census.gov — place search · accessed · View source
- U.S. Geological Survey — GNIS — Anchorage (populated place) · accessed · View source
Summaries are compiled from public sources; verify fees, closures, and regulations with the managing agency. ALASKA.FYI does not provide legal advice.
61.2180556, -149.9002778 · WGS84
Map
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61.2180556, -149.9002778 · WGS84 · zoom 12
Quick facts
- Region
- Anchorage
- Latitude
- 61.2180556
- Longitude
- -149.9002778
ID 1398242 · Names and coordinates from USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), public domain. Verify boundaries and status with Census and local government. Not legal advice.
Gazetteer & land
Browse named features and explorers — same hybrid index as the rest of alaska.fyi.
Signals & alerts
Regional notices and curated signals — check before you go.
Maps & land
Map products and routing from the index — pair with the TrueTopo block above when you need topo context.
Fishing & outdoors
Deep tools live on partner domains; the index points the way.
Intel & research
Signals-oriented entry points from the Alaska index.
Government & open data
Official boundaries and programs differ by agency. Use these as starting points alongside GNIS coordinates.
- US Census — TIGER/Line (places, roads, boundaries)
- Alaska DNR — Open Data
- Alaska DOT · 511
- Data.gov (federal catalog)
Alaska DOT travel and roads: https://dot.alaska.gov/ — 511: http://511.alaska.gov/ · Alaska DNR Open Data: https://data-soa-dnr.opendata.arcgis.com/