THE JUNEAU CITY AND BOROUGH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pacific Coastal Mountains setting.
Juneau City and Borough has 2,702.9 square miles of land in Alaska. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Juneau City and Borough: Pacific Coastal Mountains, Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests.
Coastal Alaska's steep, wet mountains include large areas of glacial terrain. Rocky slopes and ice-covered highlands contrast with lower shrub-covered settings where vegetation can establish.
Regional context: Pacific Coastal Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Juneau City and Borough intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Pacific Coastal Mountains80%
- Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests20%
Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests in Juneau City and Borough
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Juneau City and Borough
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Juneau City and Borough, including Juneau. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Juneau City and Borough by land and water
The Census records 555.1 square miles of water within Juneau City and Borough, or 17% of its total area. That share is close to Juneau City and Borough’s 17%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Haines Borough, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area within Alaska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.