Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alaganik) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alaganik. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 60.4442, Longitude: -145.2158 In this case, the coordinates for Alaganik have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).