Mud Bay, Alaska

About Mud Bay

Mud Bay is a small unincorporated community in southern Alaska.

Mud Bay holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 12.14 square miles.

📰 Mud Bay News Today

• Orphaned Mud Bay bear cub dies after two decades at the Minnesota Zoo Chilkat Valley News · Mar 6
• Chart for Mud Bay and the Surrounding Area - Southeast - 3nm Line NOAA Fisheries (.gov) · Dec 11
• Mud Bay, AK Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 28
• Haines residents voice opposition to resource extraction in Mud Bay KHNS Radio · Feb 27
• This Week in History: Mud Bay Institute, Picture Point for sale, a meteor, sewage in the streets Chilkat Valley News · Jan 29

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What Makes Mud Bay Unique

• The only place in America named Mud Bay — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• 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: 3+ neighboring communities within 22 miles.

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🗺️ Map of Mud Bay

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