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Alaska Mileage Chart Share

Alaska is big! Don't underestimate travel times. Anchorage is the hub of most itineraries. You can reach most places you'll want to visit by road, rail, or motorcoach. Most towns are 2-4 hours apart, but the scenery is part of the journey.

You can also fly by jet to outlying villages and parks or by air taxi to wilderness lodges. Most of these flights are 1-2 hours. The chart below tells how to get to the top places you'll want to visit. Click on any link to get the transportation company.

North of Anchorage: Talkeetna, Denali, Fairbanks

Trip

Distance (Miles)

Car Train Bus
Anchorage to Talkeetna 115 2.5 hr 3 hr 2.5 hr
Anchorage to Fairbanks 360 7-8 hrs 12 hr 7 hr
Anchorage to Denali 265 4-5 hrs 7.5 hr 5 hr
Fairbanks to Denali 120 2 - 3 hrs 4 hr 3.5 hr
Denali to Talkeetna 150 2 - 3 hrs 4.5 hr 2.5 hr
Anchorage to Palmer 43 1 hr 1 hr 1 hr

South of Anchorage: Portage, Seward, Cooper Landing, Homer

Trip

Distance

(Miles)

Car Train Bus
Anchorage to Seward 128 2.5 - 3 hrs 4.5 hr 2.5 hr
Anchorage to Kenai 158 3 hrs n/a n/a
Anchorage to Homer 221 5 - 6 hrs n/a 5 hr
Anchorage to Cooper Landing 100 2.5 hrs n/a 2.5 hr
Anchorage to Whittier 60 1.5 hrs 2.5 hrs 2 hrs
Anchorage to Girdwood 40 1 hr 1.5 hr 1 hr
Seward to Homer 170 4 - 5 hrs n/a 4 hr
Denali to Seward 375 7 - 8 hrs n/a 10 hr

East of Anchorage: Glenallen, Copper Center, Chitina, McCarthy, Valdez

Trip

Distance

(Miles)

Car Train Bus
Anchorage to Glennallen 180 4.5 hr n/a 4.5 hr
Anchorage to Whittier 90 1.5 hr n/a 1 hr
Anchorage to Haines Junction 608 12.5 hr n/a 14 hr
Anchorage to Whitehorse 704 14.5 hr n/a 15 hr
Glennallen to Valdez 120 2 hr n/a 3 hr
Fairbanks to Valdez 365 8 hr n/a 8 hr
Fairbanks to Haines Junction 495 9-11 hr n/a 9-11 hr
Fairbanks to Whitehorse 588 12 hr n/a 12 hr
Glennallen to Chitina 64 1.5 hr n/a n/a
Chitina to McCarthy 50 2 hr n/a n/a
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