Ambler, Alaska

About Ambler

Ambler, AK is a tiny community located in northern Alaska with an estimated population of 247.

Ambler holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 10.33 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 24 residents per square mile.

📰 Ambler News Today

• A Long (Long) Walk Down Ambler Road GearJunkie · Oct 6
• Valhalla Metals: Doubling Sun VMS Project & Modernising Smucker in Alaska's Ambler District Crux Investor · Oct 8
• NPCA and Partners Appeal State of Alaska’s Decision to Grant an Easement for the Ambler Mining Road National Parks Conservation Association · Oct 1
• Trump administration takes step to permit open-pit mine off proposed Ambler road Anchorage Daily News · Sep 21
• Ambler has gone 5 months without water and sewer. Fixes could take months. Alaska Public Media · Aug 4

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What Makes Ambler Unique

• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in northern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 1+ neighboring communities within 24 miles.

🏫 Schools in Ambler

• Ambler School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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