Ophir is an unincorporated area located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was named by miners after the wealthy land of Ophir mentioned in the Old Testament. The area was the site of a gold rush in 1906. Ophir reached a peak population of 122 in 1910.

Mar 6, 2013 · The Alaska ghost town of Ophir that serves as a race checkpoint in a remote portion of the Iditarod Trail used to be a bustling gold-mining area around the turn of the 20th century.

Apr 10, 2025 · The fifth-longest river in Alaska, after the Yukon, Kuskokwim, Tanana and Porcupine, the Innoko is now at a historic low in human population. Its recent peak was around the Gold Rush days of the early 1900s, when miners established the town of Ophir on the extreme upper river, after a strike on nearby Ganes Creek.

Oct 21, 2021 · Gold miners named Ophir, Alaska after the Ophir mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. Supposedly, rich King Solomon received shipments of gold, silver and other valuable items from the famous wealthy land of biblical Ophir.

Population 0 -- Now a ghost town, it took its name in 1908 from a nearby placer creek, one of a dozen streams in Alaska to be named by Bible-reading prospectors, for the lost country of Ophir, the source of King Solomon’s gold. Many items and artifacts still remain untouched. The checkpoint is at Dick and Audra Forsgren’s cabin.

Ophir, Alaska is the historical location of a community in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the Interior Region of Alaska. Ophir, Alaska is situated on the west bank of the Innoko River, close to the mouth of Ophir Creek and approximately 35 miles northwest of McGrath in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mountains.

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Ophir is a ghost town located in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska. Once a bustling mining community during the early 20th-century gold rush, it now stands abandoned, serving as a checkpoint in…

A long-term parking area is located just inside the Ophir Creek Campground entrance. A short trail leads to a gravel bar for launching your boat; no boat ramp is provided. There are 3 river miles of floating on Nome Creek before joining Beaver Creek.

Complete aeronautical information about Ophir Airport (Ophir, AK, USA), including location, runways, taxiways, navaids, radio frequencies, FBO information, fuel prices, sunrise and sunset times, aerial photo, airport diagram.