Highway name
(number) |
Start /
finish /
mileage |
Towns, attractions
along the route |
Notes |
Alaska
Highway
(2) |
Canadian border / Delta Junction / 200 miles |
Tok, Northway Junction, Delta Junction; Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge |
Customs check; this is Alaska's main road link to Canada and the rest of the continent. |
Copper River
Highway
(10) |
Cordova / Million Dollar Bridge at Copper River / 49 miles |
Chugach National Forest, Childs Glacier, salmon streams, hiking |
Access to the road at Cordova is by air and water only; crossing the collapsed bridge isn't recommended. |
Dalton
Highway
(11) |
West of Livengood on the Elliott Highway / Deadhorse / 414 miles |
Coldfoot, Wiseman; trans-Alaska pipeline, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon River |
Gravel road is heavily used by trucks transporting supplies to the North Slope oil fields; 4,800-foot Atigun Pass is state's highest highway pass; services are infrequent. Citing security concerns, an oil company has blocked off the last few miles of the road, denying tour companies access to the shore. |
Denali
Highway
(8) |
Paxson / Cantwell / 136 miles |
Tangle Lakes angling and canoeing, Susitna and Maclaren rivers, hiking; highly scenic. |
Mostly gravel; slow travel is recommended; services are infrequent. Closed in winter. |
Edgerton
Highway
(10)-
McCarthy Road |
Mile 83 Richardson Highway / McCarthy / 93 miles |
Chitina, McCarthy, Kennicott; Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Copper River |
58-mile-long McCarthy Road, which follows old railbed from Chitina, is a gravel washboard with sharp rocks. Tire repair is available, but take spares. |
Elliott
Highway
(2) | Fox / Manley Hot Springs / 152 miles |
Minto, Manley Hot Springs; fishing and wildlife, highway follows trans-Alaska pipeline route for a while |
Some truck traffic; the gravel section may be rough. |
Glenn
Highway/
Tok Cutoff
(1) |
Tok / Anchorage / 328 miles |
Slana, Chistochina, Gakoka, Glennallen, Sutton, Palmer, Eklutna, Eagle River; Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (Nabesna Road turnoff), Matanuska Glacier and River, state fair in Palmer, Independence Mine State Historical Park |
Some parts of the road are mountainous and narrow; recreational traffic may be slow. Expect overnight construction closures through 2004. |
Haines
Highway
(7) |
Haines / Canadian border / 88 miles (64 more miles to Haines Junction and Alaska Highway) |
Haines, Klukwan; Chilkat River eagles, Chilkat Pass |
Customs check; lots of traffic between the Alaska Highway and the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries. |
Klondike
Highway
(98, also known
as the Skagway-
Carcross Highway) |
Skagway / Canadian border (85 more miles to the Alaska Highway) / 14 miles |
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Chilkoot Trail, White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad |
Customs check. The Alaska state ferry drops off and picks up vehicles in town. |
Parks
Highway
(3) |
Anchorage / Fairbanks / 362 miles |
Eagle River, Eklutna, Wasilla, Willow, Talkeetna (on Talkeetna Spur), Healy, Nenana, Anderson, Ester; Denali National Park, Denali State Park, Nenana River canyon, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race headquarters and museum, Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla, Alaska Railroad Museum in Nenana; camping, fishing, rafting |
The highway is named not for the Denali parks, but for George A. Parks, a territorial governor. |
Richardson
Highway
(2, 4) |
Valdez / Fairbanks / 366 miles |
Copper Center, Glennallen, Gulkana, Paxson, Delta Junction, Eielson Air Force Base, North Pole; Alaska Marine Terminal and trans-Alaska pipeline, Keystone Canyon, Thompson Pass, Worthington Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, kayaking and rafting, Interior and Southcentral fishing and the Copper, Gulkana, Delta and Tanana rivers |
The Richardson joins the Alaska Highway at Delta Junction. |
Seward
Highway
(1, 9) |
Anchorage / Seward / 127 miles |
Girdwood, Portage, Moose Pass; beluga whale-watching, fishing, Mount Alyeska, Portage Glacier, Turnagain Pass, Kenai Lake, Kenai Fjords National Park. |
Much snow in winter, with some avalanche danger; high winds possible along Turnagain Arm. The highway is a National Forest Scenic Byway and an All-American Road. |
Steese
Highway
(6) |
Fairbanks / Circle / 162 miles |
Fox, Chatanika, Central, Circle Hot Springs (via side road); gold dredges, gold panning, trans-Alaska pipeline, White Mountains National Recreation Area, kayaking and rafting, hot springs, Eagle Summit (3,624 feet), Yukon River |
The easternmost 118 miles of the highway are gravel, with few services before Central. |
Sterling
Highway
(1) |
Seward Highway at mile 37 (or 90 miles from Anchorage) / Homer / 143 miles |
Cooper Landing, Sterling, Soldotna, Kenai (via spur), Kasilof, Ninilchik, Anchor Point; Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Kenai River, hiking, camping, rafting and fishing for salmon, trout and halibut. |
Heavy traffic during the summer's salmon runs. |
Taylor
Highway
(5) |
Alaska Highway (at Tetlin Junction near Tok) / Eagle / 160 miles |
Chicken; fishing, panning, kayaking and rafting, historic Fort Egbert in Eagle |
The highway, mostly gravel, is closed in the winter. It links up at mile 96 with the Top of the World Highway, which goes through Boundary on its way to Dawson City, Yukon Territory. |
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