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The bold number in the highway description is the distance from Dawson Creek, British Columbia. If you are northbound the markers change from kilometres to miles. If you are heading south the markers are
in kilometres.
mile 1221.8/km 1966.3 US Customs and Immigration. All traffic entering
Alaska must stop. Open 24 hrs. Time Zone Change. If you are traveling to Alaska it is one hour earlier, The Yukon is on Pacific Time Zone It is the law in Alaska to travel with your headlights on at all times.
mile 1222/km 1966.6
You're now entering Alaska's broad, interior plateau extending from the Wrangell and Alaska Mountain Ranges to the Brooks Range beyond the Yukon River. Highway descends gradually over the 300 miles to Fairbanks along the Tanana River.
mile 1223/km 1968 East boundary of Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.
mile 1223.4/km 1268.8 Scotty Creek.
mile 1224.8/km 1971 Interpretive sign, parking, the Arctic Loon can often be seen in these marshes.
mile 1225.5/km 1972.2 Border City Lodge, visitor services.
mile 1226/km 1973 Scottie Creek Services. RV park with full hookups, dump station, phone and fax service. Gas and diesel.
Convenience items, ice and souvenirs. Duty free items. 907-774-2009. The original Canadian Customs cabin is on display here.
mile 1228/km 1976 Parking with information sign on "Corridors for Passage".
mile 1229/km 1977.8 Tetlin National Wildlife Visitor Center. This 924,000 acre refuge is located in east central Alaska, adjacent to the Yukon
Territory border, directly south of the Alaska Highway and north of Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. The major physical features include broad flat river basins bisected by rolling hills, extensive marsh and lake complexes, foothill areas of the Nutzotin and Mentasta mountains, and two major glacial rivers which combine to form the Tanana River.
The refuge was primarily set aside because of its unique waterfowl habitat. It has one of the highest densities of nesting waterfowl in Alaska, and in
favorable years produces about 100,000 ducklings to flight stage. As a migration corridor for all types of birds entering and leaving Alaska, the refuge provides habitat for 143 nesting species of birds and 47 migrants.
Big game animals include moose, caribou, Dall's sheep, grizzly bear, black bear and wolf. Other mammals include wolverine, lynx, marten, otter, red fox, beaver, muskrat, snowshoe hare and mink.
Arctic grayling, burbot, lake trout, northern pike and whitefish are present in refuge lakes and streams. No significant salmon runs reach this far inland.
As one of the only two road-connected Alaskan refuges, Tetlin has the unique
opportunity of reaching nearly all the visitors who travel to the state via the Alaska Highway. Visitors from all over the United States and many foreign countries pass along Tetlin's northern boundary every year. This gives the refuge an outstanding opportunity to provide interpretation about Alaskan habitats and the National Wildlife Refuge System. To meet this challenge, the refuge is an active participant in the Alaska Public Lands Information Center in Tok, and has a visitor reception center with interesting display at mile 1229.
mile 1231/km 1981 View of Island Lake.
mile 1233.3/km 1984.7 Parking.
mile 1240/km 1995.5 Parking.
mile 1240.2/km 1995.9 The vertical culverts along the road were one of many attempt to prevent the permafrost from thawing and the road from falling apart.
mile 1243.6/km 2001.3 Scenic view, Information sign on "The Changing Landscape".
mile 1244/km 2002 Visible to the north are the Mentasta Mountains, part of the Alaska Range.
mile 1246.7/km 2006.3 Gardiner Creek, parking at south end of bridge. Grayling fishing.
mile 1247.8/km 2008 Scenic view, parking.
mile 1249.5/km 2010.8 Deadman Lake Public Campground. 1-mile side road. No drinking water. Toilets, tables, fishing, nature trails and boat launch.
mile 1250/km 2011.6 Rest area.
mile 1252.2/km 2015.2 Parking with Information sign on the "Solar Basin".
mile 1256.7/km 2022.4 Lakeview Public Campground. 8 camp sites, boating, fishing.
mile 1258/km 2024.5 Eliza Lake is to the south.
mile 1263/km 2032.5 Wrangell View Motel & Cafe, cabins, RV parking, gas, diesel.
mile 1263.5/km 2033.4 The Chisana River (shoe-san'-ah) parallels the highway.
mile 1264/km 2034 Northway Junction, visitor facilities. 7 mile/11
km side road to Northway-groceries, motel, gas, camping. The Community is made up of approximately 400 people, mainly Athabascans. Northway was named after the late chief Walter Northway, who passed away in 1993 at the age of 117.
Naabia Niign - Tesoro gas and oil products. RV parking - full and partial hook-ups, laundromat, showers and phone. 907-778-2297.
World famous Birch bark baskets, authentic Indian crafts and beadwork.
mile 1268.1/km 2040.7 Beaver Creek.
mile 1269/km 2042 Scenic view of Tanana River, parking with Information sign on "Highways of Water". 100 yards upstream the Chisana and
Nabesna Rivers join to form the Tanana (tan'-nah-naw) River.
mile 1272.9/km 2049 Parking with Information sign "Ponds are not Forever".
mile 1274/km 2050.1 Parking.
mile 1284.7/km 2067.5 Parking.
mile 1289/km 2074.4 View of Midway Lake.
mile 1289.4/km 2075 Scenic view, turn around limited for RV's towing vehicles. Interpretive sign.
mile 1291/km 2077.6 July 1998 fire destroyed thousands of acres along the highway.
mile 1292.4/km 2079.8 Parking area with scenic view
mile 1293.8/km 2082.1 Parking.
mile 1301.7/km 2094.8 Tetlin Junction (to Dawson City). Eagle 161 miles/259
km; Dawson City 174 miles/280 km; here the Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5) joins the Alaska Highway. The Taylor Highway is the north end of the 500 mile/800 km "loop highway" which takes you through Dawson City, Yukon. The south end of the loop connects with the Alaska Highway at mile 925/1488 km near Whitehorse. Taylor Highway, see Yukon Highway 9.
mile 1302.6/km 2096.3 Parking, loop road rejoins highway at mile 1303.
mile 1303/km 2097 Grim evidence of the devastating fire that terrorized the local residents during July 1990.
mile 1303.3/km 2097.4 Tanana River bridge.
mile 1308.5/km 2105.8 Weigh station and turn-off to U.S. Coast Guard LORAN-C station.
mile 1308.8/km 2106.3 Parking.
mile 1309.3/km 2107 Tok River State Recreation Site. 43 camp sites
(10 of which will accommodate motorhomes up to 60 feet). Picnic shelter, water, boat launch, hiking trail, telephone and toilets. A group campfire area is provided on the sandy beach of the Tok River. Fee area.
mile 1309.4/km 2107.2 Tok River.
mile 1312.6/km 2112.4 Tok Dog Mushers Association, track and grounds. The Tok Race of Champions Sled Dog Race is held annually each March.
mile 1313.1/km 2113.2 Tok Gateway Salmon Bake & RV Park King salmon, halibut, reindeer sausage, BBQ ribs, buffalo burgers grilled to perfection. Free RV parking with Salmon Bake dinner. No hook-ups, water, dump station, clean restrooms and showers.
mile 1314/km 2114.6 Tok Alaska. Population 1300.
mile 1314.1/km 2114.7
Burnt Paw Box 7, Tok, AK 99780; 907-8834121. Brand
new fully modern log cabins, showers, telephones, color TV's and
each cabin has it's own theme.
www.burntpawcabins.com
mile 1314.8/km 2116 Northern Energy - Tesoro gas & oil products.
mile 1315/km 2116.2 Tundra Lodge and RV Park.
mile 1316.5/km 2118.6 Winter Cabin Bed & Breakfast. See Accommodations in Tok.
mile 1317/km 2119.4 Mukluk Land 907- 883-2591. Home of the worlds largest mukluk and mosquito.
mile 1325.7/km 2133.4 Tanacross Junction.
mile 1330.1/km 2140.5 Scenic view.
mile 1330.7/km 2141.5 Parking.
mile 1332/km 2143.5 Moon Lake State Recreation Site. 15 camp sites, tables, water, toilets, boat launch, good swimming, beach.a nice spot but camp sites are small.
mile 1333.6/km 2146.2 Yerrick Creek.
mile 1338.1/km 2153.4 You will cross Cathedral Creek three times in the next mile.
mile 1342.2/km 2160 Sheep Creek.
mile 1344.6/km 2163.9 Rest area.
mile 1347.4/km 2168.3 Robertson River Bridge.
mile 1350.5/km 2173.4 Scenic view; parking.
mile 1353.6/km 2178.3 Jan Lake Road.
mile 1357.5/km 2184.6 Bear Creek, parking.
mile 1358.7/km 2186.5 Chief Creek, parking.
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