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Yukon Highway 9 - Top of the World Hwy
Dawson City to Alaska Highway at Tetlin Junction
Yukoners call it the 60 mile. To Alaskans it is the Taylor Highway, but to
everyone who has driven this beautiful road, it is known as the "Top of the World Highway." Allow plenty of time for travel as the road is winding and narrow in many places. The road is maintained only during late spring to early fall corresponding to operation of the ferry service at Dawson City. Border crossing is not allowed unless customs offices are open (9am to 9pm Pacific Time). Yukon Highway 9 continues from Dawson to the Alaska-Yukon border, where it becomes the Taylor Highway. (Alaska Route 5).
Note: Gas is available between Dawson City and Tetlin Junction only at Boundary and at Chicken.
Emergency Services
Dawson City--993-4444/993-5555 (RCMP).
Tok Ambulance Service--911 or 883-5111 Alaska State Troopers.
Eagle EMS--547-2355 or 547-2211.
km 0 Dawson City. Ferry crossing of Yukon River on the George Black (free). Ferry runs continuously 24 hours a day May to October (brief
maintenance shutdowns are scheduled in the early morning hours once a week). Crossing takes about 15 minutes.
km .3/mile .2 Yukon River Campground, 98 camp sites, water, pit
toilets, firewood, shelters, boat launch. Fee area.
km 4/mile 2.5 Top of the World Golf Course. Public 9 holes, driving range, rentals, pro shop. Shuttle service available.
867-667-1472.
km 5/mile 3 Great views of Dawson City, Klondike and Yukon Rivers.
km 12.5/mile 7.8 Rest area, information sign; tables and toilets.
Information sign on Top of the World Highway.
km 40/mile 24.8 Parking.
km 55.6/mile 34.5 Castle Rock, erosion created rock outcropping.
km 59.5/mile 37 Side road to abandoned Clinton Creek mine (no services).
km 61/mile 37.9 Scenic viewpoint.
km 85.5/mile 53.1 Old sod-roof cabin, parking.
km 85.9/mile 53.4 Side road to Sixtymile mining area, parking.
km87/mile 54 Rest area.
km 92/mile 57 Parking.
km 103.2/mile 64.1 Parking.
km 104.4/mile 65 Rest area with view, toilets.
km 106/mile 66 Canadian and U.S. Customs offices. Open 9am to 9pm (Pacific Time) when Dawson City Ferry is in operation. Road is closed in winter.
If you are traveling to Alaska, mileage markers along the
road indicate distance to Eagle Junction in miles. If you are traveling into Canada markers indicate distance to Dawson City in kilometres. Time zone change. It is one hour earlier Alaska time.
mile 13/km 20.9 Canada/U.S. Border. Elevation 4127 ft/1258 metres. Open 8am to 8pm Alaska Time.
mile 12/km 19.3 Parking.
mile 9.5/km 15.3 Boundary Lodge, one of the first roadhouses in Alaska. Tesoro gas, food, tire repair, liquor off-sales. Airstrip.
mile 1/km 1.6 Parking.
mile 0 Jack Wade Junction.
If you are traveling towards Canada it's 13 miles/20.9 km to the border or 78 miles/125 km to Dawson City. Mileage markers indicate the distance to US/Canada border. If
you are traveling towards the Alaska Highway, mileage markers indicate distance to Tetlin Junction on the Alaska Highway.
mile 96/km 154.5 Jack Wade Junction, Taylor Highway continues
65 miles/104 km north to Eagle, Alaska. Turn east for the Alaska/Canada Border via the Top of the World Highway to Dawson City 78 miles/125 km.
The road to Eagle is steep and narrow in
places but is fine for even the largest RV providing you drive according to the conditions. Eagle's history extends back to approximately 1880's when Francois Mercier established a trading post here.
The fur traders were followed by prospectors and by 1897 Eagle's population
had swelled to almost 2000. Eagle was a very important stop for the river boats that travelled the Yukon River and is still used by todays river adventurers. The National Park Service has its Headquarters for Yukon Charlie Rivers National Preserve based here. Visitors Center open 8 am to 5 pm 907-547-2233. Overnight accommodation, gas, post office, RV parking and groceries.
The Eagle Historical Society conducts a daily tour during the summer.
mile 90.1/km 145 Parking.
mile 89.7/km 144.3 Abandoned mining camp. No trespassing.
mile 86/km 138.4 Abandoned Gold Dredge.
mile 82/km 132 Walker Fork government campground on east side of bridge
north of road. Water, pit toilets, tables.
mile 76.8/km 123.6 Parking.
mile 75.3/km 121.2 South Fork River. Day-use area, picnic table, pit toilet.
mile 74.4/km 119.7 Alaska State highway maintenance camp, South Fork Station.
mile 69/km 111 Lost Chicken Creek, Lost Chicken Hill Mine, established in
1895. There are several mining operations in this area.
mile 68/km 109.4 Chicken Field Station.
mile 68.1/km 109.6 Bureau of Land Management. Chicken
field station. Trailhead for Mosquito Fork Dredge (Cowden
Dredge) trail 1.5 miles.
mile 66.5/km 107 Chicken Creek.
mile 66.4/km 106.8 Community of Chicken, gas, 2
cafes, espresso bar, gift stores, (NO groceries) , 2 RV parks, cabin
rentals, post office and airport. Don't miss the famous Chicken
Gold Camp on Airport Rd where the historical Pedro
Dredge and related machinery are located. Historical Community
of Chicken, dates back to 1890's and is on the "National
Register of Historical Places". Tours are offered exclusively
through the Goldpanner, mile 66.7, and are conducted through the
old town-site which has 14 buildings with many old relicts and machinery.
It also includes "Tisha's" schoolhouse made popular by
the book Tisha by Anne Hobbs Purdy.
mile 66.2/km 106.5 Chicken Post Office.
mile 64.2/km 103.3 Bridge over Mosquito Fork of
Fortymile River, day-use area, tables, toilets. The taylor Hwy has
been reconstructed and paved from here to the Alaska Hwy (mile 0).
mile 58.9/km 94.8 Parking.
mile 57/km 91.7 Parking.
mile 50.4/km 81.1 Taylor Creek.
mile 49.1/km 79 Bridge over West Fork of the Dennison River.
mile 49/km 78.9 West Fork campground, 25 campsites, tables and toilets.
mile 43/km 69.2 Logging Cabin Creek, parking and camp site.
mile 35/km 56.3 Rest area. Information sign on Taylor Highway, viewing platform, toilets.
mile 34.3/km 55.2 Parking.
mile 28.2/km 45.4 Parking.
mile 22/km 35.4 Parking.
mile 21.7/km 34.9 Parking.
mile 15.7/km 25.3 Parking.
mile 12.2/km19.6 Parking.
mile 12/km 19.3 East boundary Tanana Valley Recreation area.
mile 10/km 16 Parking.
mile 6/km 9.7 Parking.
mile 5.8/km 9.3 West boundary Tanana Valley Recreation area.
mile 4.4/km 7 Parking.
mile 2.6/km 4.2 Parking.
mile .9/km 1.4 Parking.
mile 0 Tetlin Junction, Mile 1301.5/km 2094.5 on
Alaska Highway. Highway has been reconstructed to mile 64.2/km
103.3.
Yukon Highway 10
107 km/67 miles up the Robert Campbell Highway, the Nahanni Range Road runs 200 km/125 miles northwest to the Canada Tungsten Mine. There are no facilities along the road or at the mine. There is a territorial campground at km 85/mile 53 of the Nahanni Range Road.
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