Seward Highway

Description:

Welcome to beautiful Seward Highway. Few roads in the United States can offer the diversity of scenic landscapes and unique natural features so concentrated in one area. This 127-mile road, linking Anchorage with Seward, passes through some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. The landscape varies from the muddy waters of Turnagain Arm to the icy blue glaciers that hang almost to the sea. Wildflowers and waterfalls brighten every corner of the road as it glides below rough mountains that pierce thick, heavy clouds. Only Alaska's Seward Highway can offer this particular mix created by climate, geography, and geology.

For 127 miles, this road from Anchorage to Seward winds through a land of remarkable beauty, a land of saltwater bays, frigid-blue glaciers, knife-edged ridges, and alpine valleys. From the reflective waters of Turnagain Arm, travelers rapidly ascend 1,000 feet above sea level to an alpine meadow. Within the hour, they find themselves back at sea level surrounded by fjords, having just passed through a district of rivers and lakes. This is Alaska's Seward Highway.

Seward Highway ties Alaska's metropolitan center, Anchorage, with the port of Seward on Resurrection Bay. From Anchorage to Girdwood, the highway borders Turnagain Arm and Chugach State Park. From Girdwood to Seward, it carries visitors through the Chugach National Forest. The diversity of landscape and wildlife found along the route is the hallmark of the highway corridor.

Whether you drive for pleasure or you fish, hunt, backpack, camp, or ski, Seward Highway takes you there. And it's all against the backdrop of spruce forests, wildflowers, and extraordinary wildlife. The Highway has been recognized for its natural beauty as a designated All-American Road. This is your invitation to touch Alaska in all of its splendor - along scenic Seward Highway.

Directions:

The Seward Highway from Anchorage - Beginning at the intersection of 5th and Gamble in downtown Anchorage, proceed south.

The Seward Highway from the Anchorage International Airport - Depart from the Anchorage International Airport on International Airport Drive. Proceed east for approximately 1.5 miles to Minnesota Drive, then turn right on Minnesota Drive and proceed to the intersection with New Seward Highway. You can then proceed north or south depending on your desired byway experience.

The Seward Highway from Seward - Simply drive north from town; this road is the only highway.

Address:

3132 Channel Drive, Suite 200

Juneau AK 99811-2500

Phone:

907-271-2737

Email:

mailroomr10chugach@fs.fed.us

Organization:

DOT - Department of Transportation