WayfarrowBroad Pass
Ghost town · Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska
Broad Pass is a ghost town in Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska. It is one of 8 former communities in Matanuska-Susitna County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Broad Pass as a historical populated place on the Healy A-5 NW topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 63.2333° N, 149.2667° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Healy A-5 NW |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2,136 ft |
| Nearest living town | Cantwell, AK |
| Distance to it | 20.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1893727 |
| Coordinates | 63.23333, -149.26667 |
What's there now
Broad Pass is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cantwell, AK (population 121), about 20.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,136 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Questions
Where is Broad Pass?
Broad Pass is in Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska, at 63.2333, -149.2667.
How many ghost towns are in Matanuska-Susitna County?
Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.