Alaska road trip: Anchorage to Seward and Homer on the Kenai Peninsula

South from Anchorage along Turnagain Arm to Seward for Kenai Fjords, then across the peninsula to Homer.

Stops
5
Nights
6
Driving
519 mi
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A valley of golden tundra and green forest with mountains under a blue sky.

The stops, in order

  1. Anchorage, Alaska

    1 night

    Fly in here.

  2. 42 min · 39 mi from Anchorage

    Girdwood, Alaska

    A stop on the way

    On Turnagain Arm, on the Seward Highway.

  3. 1 h 32 min · 89 mi from Girdwood

    Seward, Alaska

    2 nights

    Boat tours into Kenai Fjords National Park.

  4. 3 h 15 min · 168 mi from Seward

    Homer, Alaska

    2 nights

    The Homer Spit on Kachemak Bay.

  5. 4 h 03 min · 223 mi from Homer

    Anchorage, Alaska

    1 night

    Back where you started.

Day by day

6 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 Seward

    Via Girdwood

    Night in Seward

    2 h 14 min · 128 mi
  3. Day 3: In Seward

    No driving
  4. Day 4: Seward to Homer

    Night in Homer

    3 h 15 min · 168 mi
  5. Day 5: In Homer

    No driving
  6. Day 6: Homer to Anchorage

    Night in Anchorage

    4 h 03 min · 223 mi
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Photo: The Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, along Alaska Highway 1 between Seward and Anchorage. “Kenai Peninsula between Seward and Anchorage” by Jay Galvin from Pleasanton, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. “Road Lottery 2017 Mount McKinley (36915785690)” by Denali National Park and Preserve, Public domain. “Going-to-the-Sun Road-27527-2” by Ken Thomas, Public domain. “Mount Rainier behind the flowering meadows of Paradise Park (18 August 2012)” by Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0.