Scenic travel
Drive the Seward Highway
The 125 miles from Anchorage to Seward along Turnagain Arm and into the mountains.
- Season
- Year-round
- Where
- Anchorage to Seward
- Level
- Easy
What it is
This is the scenic drive people mean when they say the road is the trip. Beluga Point, the arm, a dozen trailheads, and then the run down to Seward. Wildlife walks onto the pavement. Pull all the way off before you take the photo. In winter the same road is avalanche country. Check the forecast and do not invent a shortcut.
Before you go
Give it a full day with stops, or drive it twice. Once in each direction looks different.
Plan this
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More in Scenic travel
- Ride the Alaska Railroad
A dome car between Anchorage and Seward, or Anchorage and Fairbanks.
- Ride into Denali National Park
A bus on the park road, which is how almost everyone sees the mountain and the animals.
- Drive to the Arctic Circle
The Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks, gravel, long, and short on services.