Seward Highway

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321.7 km

Length

+4,304 m

Ascent

−4,067 m

Descent

448 m

Highest point

30.0%

Max gradient

7h 09min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 448 m

-6 °C fog

wind 1 m/s · clouds 78%

At the start

-1 °C fair

wind 6 m/s · clouds 38%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	-6 °C	-5 °C	0.0 mm	1 m/s	fog
Friday 23 Oct	-11 °C	0 °C	0.0 mm	1 m/s	fog
Saturday 24 Oct	-4 °C	2 °C	0.1 mm	2 m/s	fog

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:46 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Lowland or coastal road
Surface: paved 28%, asphalt 44%

Roads nearby

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Length: +3,329 m
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Length: +3,079 m
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Sterling Highway

175.2 km
Length: +1,387 m
Ascent

321.7 km · 448 m

Elevation profile

What does Seward Highway look like?

Matanuska River panorama · Gabor Eszes (UED77) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Highway, bay, and mountains, Alaska · Keith Parker · CC BY-SA 2.0

Matanuska Valley ENBLA09 · Enrico Blasutto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (16330773613) · Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0

Seward before quake damage aeq00054 · USGS - specific author not named · Public domain

Nordic skating on Summit Lake. Kenai Mountains, Alaska · Mudflattop · CC BY 4.0

Matanuska River 8701s · Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Seward

60.10062, -149.44209

Finish

Chickaloon

61.78511, -148.45411

Stages

Stage 1 94.5 km
Stage 2 75.4 km
Stage 3 79.4 km
Stage 4 72.3 km

Along the road

Parking

217

Matanuska River Scenic Overlook 267.5 km · 164 m

216 unnamed places along the road, from 261.1 km to 321.7 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Palmer Coffee Co. 262.5 km · 52 m

Noisy Goose Cafe 263.5 km · 63 m

Perkup Espresso 263.7 km · 65 m

Sweet Gypsy 264.6 km · 80 m

Sunrise Grill 264.8 km · 77 m

Great Alaska Pizza Company 264.9 km · 76 m

Purple Moose Espresso 264.9 km · 76 m

Nudee Pho Thai Restaurant 264.9 km · 76 m

Elwood's Drive Thru 264.9 km · 76 m

Starbucks 265.0 km · 77 m

La Fiesta 265.2 km · 78 m

Vagabond Blues 265.3 km · 79 m

5 more

2 unnamed places along the road, from 262.5 km to 305.9 km.

Toilets

9 unnamed places along the road, from 262.8 km to 318.6 km.

Fuel

Speedway Express 264.5 km · 78 m

Safeway 264.9 km · 76 m

Carrs 264.9 km · 76 m

Chevron 264.9 km · 76 m

Fred Meyer 265.5 km · 82 m

Shell 265.6 km · 83 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 264.5 km to 284.4 km.

Viewpoints

2 unnamed places along the road, from 267.4 km to 303.1 km.