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Wainwright, Alaska Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Wainwright, Alaska from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Wainwright building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Wainwright, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Wainwright artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Wainwright. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Wainwright brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Wainwright, Alaska from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Wainwright map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Streets and roads22
- Maqpik Road
- Emaiknik Road
- Tinualook Road
- Main Street
- Ahloaksageak Road Extension
- Nashoalook Road
- Tununiq Road
- Kuk Road
- Airport Road
- Milikruak Street
- Sikutagiak Road
- Cellar Road
- Ahloaksageak Road
- Summer Road
- Penn Street
- Blair Street
- Church Road
- Tuuruarak Road
- Niurevik Road
- Kapukvik Road
- Aknik Road
- Bodfish Street
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Wainwright, Alaska
Wainwright is a city of 628 people in North Slope Borough, on the Chukchi Sea about 72 miles southwest of Utqiaġvik. The Iñupiat have long lived in this region, which they call Ulġuniq, fishing, hunting and whaling for bowhead to feed their families. In 1826 Captain F.W. Beechey and his men became the first outsiders to reach the nearby lagoon, and Beechey named it after Lieutenant John Wainwright, one of the officers serving under him.
A map drawn in 1853 called the village Olrona, and by 1890 the area was known as Wainwright Inlet. The present village dates from 1904. That year the Alaska Native Service opened a school there and began offering medical care and other services, a post office followed in 1916, and Wainwright was incorporated as a city in 1962.
- A Cold War radar stationIn 1953 a Distant Early Warning Line station was built near Wainwright during the Cold War. Crews staffed it until 1989, and in 1994 it was turned into an unstaffed Short Range Radar Station. The station closed for good in 2008.
- Olgoonik Corporation, 1973Under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Wainwright founded Olgoonik Corporation in 1973 as its Alaska Native village corporation.
- Between Point Hope and BarrowPeople have settled here for centuries, and several villages have stood in turn on the strip of ground between the inlet and the open sea. Wainwright is the latest of them, and it is the main village on the coast between Point Hope and Barrow.
- One school, every gradeWainwright's only school is Alak School, part of the North Slope Borough School District. It teaches students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
Keep exploring Alaska
Wainwright is one of 380 Alaska towns we've mapped. Every dot on the map is a print of its own.
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Near Wainwright
Order 2 or more town maps and save 10%. Shown in the size and finish you picked above, so they hang as a set.
- Atqasuk 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Utqiaġvik 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Point Lay 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
More maps nearby: North Slope, Red Dog Mine, Nuiqsut, Noatak and Point Hope.
The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
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Returns and damaged prints
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