Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

About Anaktuvuk Pass

Anaktuvuk Pass is a tiny community in northern Alaska, home to 401 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Officially, Anaktuvuk Pass is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 5.18 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 77 residents per square mile.

📰 Anaktuvuk Pass News Today

• Anaktuvuk Pass residents get long-sought permission to use ATVs to hunt in the Gates of the Arctic knba.org · Jun 16
• Plane makes emergency landing in Brooks Range; NTSB investigating engine issue Alaska's News Source · Jun 24
• NREL Modeling Shows Geothermal and Borehole Thermal Energy Storage Can Reliably Heat Buildings in Extreme Cold nlr.gov · Jun 17
• The Best Gateway Towns To Gates of the Arctic National Park WorldAtlas · Apr 2
• A weeklong fuel shortage in Anaktuvuk Pass caused school closures and left homes without heat knba.org · Jan 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Anaktuvuk Pass Unique

• The only place in America named Anaktuvuk Pass — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Anaktuvuk Pass

• Nunamiut Corporation Restaurant

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Simon Paneak Memorial Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Anaktuvuk Pass

• Nunamiut School

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Anaktuvuk Pass