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The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 125 miles (201 km) from Seward to Anchorage.It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula, Chugach National Forest, Turnagain Arm, and Kenai Mountains.
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage.It is one of two routes in Alaska to contain significant portions of freeway: the Seward Highway in south Anchorage and the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer.
What is the closest city to Kenai Fjords National Park? The port city of Seward is a short 15-minute drive to Kenai Fjords. The park is also the closest to Anchorage, just two-and-a-half hours by car.
Kenai Spur Highway: 38.787: 62.422 AK-1 (Sterling Highway) in Soldotna: Bay Beach Road in Nikiski: c. 1951: current On the Kenai Peninsula: Minnesota Drive Expressway: 7.560: 12.167 Old Seward Highway in Anchorage: West 15th Avenue in Anchorage c. 1950: current Nome–Council Highway: 71.970: 115.824 Nome Bypass Road / Front Street in Nome
Arizona: Mogollon Rim Road Scenic Drive. The Mogollon Rim is an enormous wall of rock that cuts diagonally across much of eastern Arizona, and the best way to appreciate its breadth is by driving ...
The Exit Glacier is especially notable for being a drive up glacier (similar to the Mendenhall Glacier of Juneau). A spur road off the Seward Highway leads to the only road accessible portion of the Kenai Fjords National Park. A system of hiking trails lead to the terminus of the glacier and up to the Harding Icefield itself. Although it is one ...
The Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (KMTA) includes the road corridor between Seward and Hope and Whittier, from Resurrection Bay in the south to the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet in the north. It includes portions of Chugach National Forest, the Iditarod Trail network, the Alaska Railroad and the Seward Highway. [2]
Kenai River at Cooper Landing. Alaska Route 1, the Sterling Highway, passes through the community, leading north 102 miles (164 km) to Anchorage and southwest 120 miles (190 km) to Homer. Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough seat, is 45 miles (72 km) to the west on AK-1, and Seward is 47 miles (76 km) to the southeast via routes 1 and 9.