United States of America Alaska

Parks Highway

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346.9 km
Length
+2,845 m
Ascent
−2,757 m
Descent
754 m
Highest point
8.8%
Max gradient
7h 43min
Drive time (approx.)
Parks Highway map
346.9 km · 754 m

Elevation profile

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What does Parks Highway look like?

From Parks Highway (8690806327)
BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hwy 3 - Fairbanks to Mt McKinley (5856984845)
Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0
Interstate A4 map
Nick Nolte · CC0
Alaska Range (40553107582)
Markus Trienke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Igloo (50790717476)
Markus Trienke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bridge over the River Nenana
FairbanksMike · CC BY 2.0
A Panoramic photo from Glenn Parks Highway - panoramio
Russell Lovrin · CC BY 3.0
Mapillary (bct) 2023-03-20 17H58M52S145 (786242356022559 at 6QhgUkS1vHDp4WfOlVdBT3 with GoPro HERO11 Black)
bct · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Start
Fairbanks
64.82066, -147.69087
Finish
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
62.71261, -150.20468

Stages

  1. Stage 1 69.0 km
  2. Stage 2 95.1 km
  3. Stage 3 94.7 km
  4. Stage 4 88.2 km

Along the road

Parking

142
Emergency Parking 63.8 km · 233 m
Large Vehicle Parking 200.7 km · 507 m
Nenana River Viewpoint Parking 211.1 km · 572 m
Little Coal Creek Trail Parking 311.7 km · 426 m
Ermine Hill Trailhead Parking 324.3 km · 438 m
137 unnamed places along the road, from 2.8 km to 344.0 km.

Toilets

17
17 unnamed places along the road, from 9.4 km to 341.2 km.

Restaurants and cafés

29
Chena's Alaskan Grill 11.0 km · 136 m
Chena Eggspress 12.8 km · 154 m
Lemongrass Thai Cuisine 12.8 km · 154 m
sipping streams tea company 12.9 km · 154 m
LuLu's Bread and Bagels 12.9 km · 153 m
The Monderosa 103.3 km · 135 m
Fireweed Roadhouse 129.4 km · 161 m
Clear Sky Lodge 143.1 km · 206 m
Rose's Cafe 185.2 km · 457 m
The Alaskan Coffee Bean 185.8 km · 460 m
The Alaskan Coffee Bean 185.8 km · 460 m
Prospectors Pizzeria Alehouse 199.8 km · 491 m
16 more
1 unnamed place along the road, from 11.0 km to 346.9 km.

Fuel

11
Tesoro 12.8 km · 154 m
Gold Hill 19.1 km · 182 m
Ester Gas 23.2 km · 192 m
Nenana Chevron Fuel Station 109.0 km · 119 m
Tesoro 185.7 km · 457 m
Shell 186.3 km · 467 m
Vitus 186.6 km · 469 m
Tesoro 200.2 km · 502 m
Vitus 238.5 km · 666 m
2 unnamed places along the road, from 12.8 km to 238.5 km.

Viewpoints

9
Nenana River Viewpoint 225.1 km · 616 m
Igloo City 275.9 km · 653 m
Denali View North 314.6 km · 393 m
6 unnamed places along the road, from 34.4 km to 314.6 km.

Rest areas

4
June Creek Rest Area 159.2 km · 280 m
East Fork Campground and Rest Area 280.3 km · 567 m
2 unnamed places along the road, from 92.6 km to 280.3 km.

EV chargers

4
Nenana Supercharger 108.6 km · 123 m
Cantwell Supercharger 239.5 km · 670 m
2 unnamed places along the road, from 108.6 km to 239.5 km.