Cold Bay, Alaska

About Cold Bay

Cold Bay is a tiny community in southern Alaska counting 60 people who proudly call it home.

Cold Bay holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 53.41 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 1 residents per square mile.

📰 Cold Bay News Today

• "AVO Radio" to bring volcano updates to the airwaves Geophysical Institute · Aug 14
• Federal permit for Izembek road challenged The Cordova Times · Aug 4
• Barge arrives in King Cove with equipment for road work for Cold Bay airport access Alaska Story · Aug 8
• King Cove Road construction set to begin after clearing final federal hurdle Alaska Public Media · Jul 15
• State of Alaska Receives Key Federal Permit for King Cove Road State of Alaska (.gov) · Jul 10

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Cold Bay Unique

• The only place in America named Cold Bay — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 60 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in southern 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 21 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Pavlof Shislandin Overlook · Attraction
• Raft Reggata · Attraction
• S.S Courtney Ford 1901 · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cold Bay

• Izembek Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Cold Bay

🏘️ Nearby Communities