Abandoned Record
About Tin City
Tin City is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated at the mouth of Cape Creek, on the Bering Sea coast, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Tin City, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Tin City is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Tin City
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1950 Teller C-6 sheet, 1:63,360 · GeoTIFF download
- 1950 Teller sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1951 Teller sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Teller sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Teller sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Tin City
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Alaska index.
- York8.8 mi SE · Nome
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Tin City, Alaska": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q14680230.
- USGS GNIS 1410976.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).