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Alaska Landmarks Map

A free printable illustrated map of Alaska for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.

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Illustrated map of Alaska with landmarks, industries and state symbols

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Color or black and white.

Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.

Illustrated map of Alaska in color

Color

The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.

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Black and white illustrated map of Alaska

Black and white

The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.

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What is on the Alaska map

Every picture sits at its real location in Alaska, with a one-line fact beside it. Juneau, the capital, is marked with a star.

Landmarks and natural places

  • Denali: It is the tallest mountain in North America.
  • Katmai Bears: Brown bears gather here to feast on salmon.
  • Kenai Fjords: Glaciers flow down from the Harding Icefield.
  • Mount Shishaldin: It is an active, nearly perfect volcanic cone.
  • Iditarod Trail: This historic trail is used for dog sledding.
  • Totem Poles: Indigenous carvers carve stories into cedar.
  • Sitka Historical Park: It preserves the site of an 1804 battle.
  • Inupiat Whaling: Arctic peoples have hunted whales for ages.

What Alaska makes and grows

  • Prudhoe Bay Oil: It is the largest oil field in North America.
  • King Crab Fishing: Fishers brave icy seas to catch giant crabs.
  • Gold Mining: Gold was discovered in Fairbanks in 1902.
  • Salmon Canning: Alaska is a leading producer of wild salmon.

State symbols

  • Willow Ptarmigan: It changes from brown to white in the winter.
  • Forget-me-not: This tiny blue flower grows in alpine meadows.
  • Sitka Spruce: It is the tallest spruce in the world.
  • Moose: It is the largest member of the deer family.

Alaska key facts

From the box on the map

Nickname
The Last Frontier
Capital
Juneau
Largest city
Anchorage
Became a state
January 3, 1959 (49th)
State bird
Willow Ptarmigan
State flower
Forget-me-not
State tree
Sitka Spruce
Motto
North to the Future

Cities shown

  • Juneau (capital)
  • Anchorage
  • Fairbanks
  • Nome
  • Utqiagvik
  • Ketchikan

The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.

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