THE ANGOON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests setting.
Angoon city has 24.5 square miles of land in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests.
Deep bays, steep valley walls and an irregular shoreline reveal intense past glaciation. Wet maritime forests of hemlock and Sitka spruce characterize southeastern and south-central coastal Alaska.
Regional context: Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Angoon and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Angoon is associated with Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Angoon by land and water
The Census records 14.4 square miles of water within Angoon, or 37% of its total area. It is 5.5 percentage points higher than the 31.6% recorded for Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Angoon city has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Tenakee Springs city (13.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

