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Hobart Bay
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Hobart BayAK

A town in Alaska.

Five Finger Light Station · Photo: United States Coast Guard · Public domain
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Hobart Bay, AK · Five Finger Light Station · Photo: United States Coast Guard · Public domain

Land area
129 sq mi

Is Hobart Bay a good place to live?

57% of the land in Hobart Bay is conserved, where Alaska’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Tongass National Forest, at 73,874 acres. We don’t grade Hobart Bay yet; the figures below are still real.

Getting set up

Moving to Hobart Bay: who provides what

Hobart Bay is unincorporated, so Petersburg Borough and regional agencies provide most services.

InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesPetersburg BoroughPetersburg Borough provides services here
SchoolsPetersburg Borough School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereAbsentee and Petition OfficeState of Alaska; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Hobart Bay.

Outdoors

Open space protected for good: nearly a third of Hobart Bay

Hobart Bay’s parks and preserves take up 86,771 acres in all.

56.8%conserved
56.8%
conserved · 46,455 of 81,729 acres
0.0 mi
of trails
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Tongass National Forest—73,874
2. Chuck River Wilderness—12,897
Full pageHobart Bay’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page
Trail map0.0 miles of trail, mappedPick a walk73,874 acres · Tongass National ForestConserved land56.8% conserved · 46,455 acres protectedQuestions“Where can I hike in Hobart Bay?”

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Natural hazards

Hobart Bay has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from landslides

Compared with 100% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Hobart Bay is lower. FEMA puts 60% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to landslides, and 36% to avalanches.

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Full pageHobart Bay’s hazards pageOpen the full Hazards page
What it facesVery low riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters1 disaster declaration · Declared for the countyGet readyReady for landslides

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hobart Bay

9pages on Hobart Bay
The big questions
Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 0% of U.S. communities · landslides
Out and about
Outdoors0 mi of trails · 57% conserved landPlacesLibraryShirly Jackson Community Library
Day to day
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After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Hobart Bay; the nearest are

University of Alaska SoutheastUniversity or college · Public · Juneau82.8 mi$7,056 in-state tuition

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About Hobart Bay

CDP in Alaska, United States

Hobart Bay is a census-designated place that was located in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska during the 2010 United States census, but is now part of Petersburg Borough. As of the 2020 census, Hobart Bay had a population of 1. The bay was named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield of the United States Navy. The site was first settled as a logging camp. The population has declined in recent years. Nevertheless, on January 3, 2013, Hobart Bay and a sizable portion of the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area around it were incorporated into the new Petersburg Borough, which has the city of Petersburg as its economic center and is composed primarily of land from the former Petersburg Census Area.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
129 sq mi
Elevation
1,184 ft

Questions about Hobart Bay

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Hobart Bay, AK a good place to live?

We don’t grade Hobart Bay yet; the figures below are still real. A town in Alaska.