Akiachak, Alaska
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Akiachak is a census-designated place in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 677 in the 2020 census, up from 627 in 2010, and 585 in 2000.
Aerial photograph of Akiachak
Ice road in Akiachak, AK
Bethel, Alaska
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Bethel is a city in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the Kuskokwim River approximately 50 miles from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It is the largest community in western Alaska and in
Akiachak, Alaska
…0.02 km2), or 0.11%, is water. Akiachak is located on the west bank of the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Bethel. The area averages 16 inches (40.64 cm) of precipitation, with snowfall of 50 inches (127.00 cm). Summer temperatures range from 42 to 62 °F (6 to 17…
Aerial view of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River
Bethel in the 1940s, winter
Bethel in 1941, summer
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital in Bethel, Alaska