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Port Wakefield

Port Wakefield from directly overhead

Port Wakefield is a ghost town in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Sharatin Mountain stands 865 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lowell Wakefield, a peak 1.3 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 5.3 miles off. 18 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates58.04917, -153.05250

18 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
  • Mount Lowell Wakefield: 1.3 mi
  • Godfrey Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Cloud Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Afognak Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Kupreanof Mountain: 8.2 mi
Parks: 2
  • Port Lions School Park: 14.0 mi
  • Ouzinkie School Park: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Port Wakefield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharatin MountainSE 141°865 m21.2 mi
Kupreanof MountainSSW 193°744 m8.2 mi
Mount Lowell WakefieldW 269°742 m1.3 mi
Pyramid MountainSE 134°730 m24.4 mi
Cloud PeakN 3°721 m7.7 mi
Mount EllisonSSE 147°697 m12.0 mi
Afognak MountainNE 50°688 m8.0 mi
Paramanof MountainNE 48°663 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:1419:3520:26
June solstice05:0922:1023:21
September equinox07:5819:2220:13
December solstice09:5814:4916:24

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303132374450545449413531

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ouzinkie, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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