Alaska road trip: Anchorage to Denali National Park and Fairbanks

North on the Parks Highway from Anchorage, through Talkeetna, to the entrance of Denali National Park and on to Fairbanks.

Stops
4
Nights
5
Driving
394 mi
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A gravel road winding across open tundra toward a snow-covered Mount McKinley.

The stops, in order

  1. Anchorage, Alaska

    1 night

    Fly in here.

  2. 2 h 04 min · 114 mi from Anchorage

    Talkeetna, Alaska

    1 night

    Small town with views of Denali on clear days.

  3. 2 h 49 min · 167 mi from Talkeetna

    Healy, Alaska

    2 nights

    Near the Denali National Park entrance.

  4. 1 h 51 min · 113 mi from Healy

    Fairbanks, Alaska

    1 night

    Fly home from here.

Day by day

5 days with the nights above. Drive times are for a car without traffic; a day over six hours is flagged.

  1. Day 1: In Anchorage

    No driving

  2. Day 2: Anchorage to Talkeetna

    Night in Talkeetna

    2 h 04 min · 114 mi

  3. Day 3: Talkeetna to Healy

    Night in Healy

    2 h 49 min · 167 mi

  4. Day 4: In Healy

    No driving

  5. Day 5: Healy to Fairbanks

    Night in Fairbanks

    1 h 51 min · 113 mi
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Photo: Mount McKinley (Denali), Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. “Road Lottery 2017 Mount McKinley (36915785690)” by Denali National Park and Preserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “Kenai Peninsula between Seward and Anchorage” by Jay Galvin from Pleasanton, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0. “Going-to-the-Sun Road-27527-2” by Ken Thomas, Public domain. “Grand Teton from the Snake River Overlook” by Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.