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
Free, no account needed. Change any stop or night once it’s open.

The stops, in order
Anchorage, Alaska
1 night
Fly in here.
42 min · 39 mi from Anchorage
Girdwood, Alaska
A stop on the way
On Turnagain Arm, on the Seward Highway.
1 h 32 min · 89 mi from Girdwood
Seward, Alaska
2 nights
Boat tours into Kenai Fjords National Park.
3 h 15 min · 168 mi from Seward
Homer, Alaska
2 nights
The Homer Spit on Kachemak Bay.
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.
- No driving
Day 1: In Anchorage
- 2 h 14 min · 128 mi
Day 2: Anchorage to Seward
Via Girdwood
Night in Seward
- No driving
Day 3: In Seward
- 3 h 15 min · 168 mi
Day 4: Seward to Homer
Night in Homer
- No driving
Day 5: In Homer
- 4 h 03 min · 223 mi
Day 6: Homer to Anchorage
Night in Anchorage
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.


