Welcome to Hood Bay ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hood Bay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1948.

Hood Bay is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Hood Bay lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hood Bay: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hood Bay ...

Looking for more information about Hood Bay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hood Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hood Bay.

Adding Hood Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hood Bay in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hood Bay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Hood Bay post office opened in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hood Bay.

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hood Bay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/