WayfarrowStartup Camp
Ghost town · Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska
Startup Camp 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 Startup Camp as a historical populated place on the Anchorage D-1 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 61.9243° N, 147.3567° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Anchorage D-1 NW |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,516 ft |
| Nearest living town | Glacier View, AK |
| Distance to it | 14.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1896798 |
| Coordinates | 61.92428, -147.35674 |
What's there now
Startup Camp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Glacier View, AK (population 209), about 14.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,516 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Nelchinaghost town · Matanuska-Susitna County · 14.1 mi
- Matanuskaghost town · Copper River County · 27.6 mi
- Belcaroghost town · Copper River County · 34.1 mi
Questions
Where is Startup Camp?
Startup Camp is in Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska, at 61.9243, -147.3567.
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.