Seward Highway Self-Guided Scenic Drive

This self-driven experience transforms your vehicle into a storytelling vessel along the Seward Highway, one of Alaska’s most scenic corridors. The route stretches about 125 miles from Anchorage to Seward, winding through Chugach National Forest, hugging the edge of Turnagain Arm, and climbing into mountain passes and glacier-fed valleys.

As you drive, a GPS-activated audio guide (e.g. via Audio Tour Alaska) plays narratives about local history, geology, wildlife, and culture - stopping you at key points such as Potter Marsh, Beluga Point, Bird Point, McHugh Creek, Girdwood, Portage Valley, and Exit Glacier.

You’re free to pause, walk short trails, take in viewpoints, lunch in Girdwood or Seward, or detour to side attractions like the Potter Section House, historic miner cabins (e.g. Lauritsen Cabin), and alpine overlooks.

Because it’s self-guided, there’s flexibility: you can linger in places that call to you, skip segments, and adapt to weather or lighting. For some drivers the full trip (without many stops) takes ~2h15m, but with stops and wandering it easily stretches into a full day of mountain, glacier, sea, and forest immersion.