This list represents the most popular Alaska getaways and travel destinations. Use this list to plan your next Alaska vacation. Select a state and/or an activity from the pull-down lists below to find even more top getaway ideas.
|
Select Activity: |
Select State: |
| Reset Filter | |
|
1.
Byers Lake Cabins #1 and #2 Weekend Getaway Weekend wilderness in high style. Two easy-to-reach cabins — including a traditional, sod-roofed Alaska-style bush cabin — in the ... 
Talkeetna, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
2.
Top of the World Highway Scenic DriveGravel road from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, to a junction with Taylor Highway in Alaska; 127 kilometers (79 miles). This highway ... 
Boundary, AK - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
3.
Anchorage and Seward, Alaska Family Vacation The Inside Passage is an area of land and water that stretches from the U.S.–Canadian border (near Seattle), winding north past Vancouver, ... 
Anchorage, AK - Great Family Vacations: West
|
|
4.
Alaska Travel Information by Rough Guides Weekend Getaway No other region in North America possesses the mythical aura of Alaska; even the name – a derivation of Alayeska, an Athabascan word ... 
Anchorage, AK - The Rough Guide to USA
|
|
5.
Dawson, Whitehorse, and Canada's Yukon Territory Off the Beaten Path Don’t let the start of the Klondike Highway out of Skagway scare you. The first 10 or 11 miles climb at a pretty steep grade, from ...
Dawson, YT - Alaska Off the Beaten Path
|
|
6.
Crow Pass Cabin Weekend Getaway An A-frame cabin, with loft, in the clouds. Alpine base camp for Anchorage hikers; a moderately challenging destination for families. ...
Girdwood, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
|
7.
Bald Lake Cabin Weekend Getaway Accessible solitude. The newest cabin in the recreation area, unique for its combination of easy access and quieter surroundings. ...
Willow, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
8.
Denali National Park & Preserve Scenic DriveMt. McKinley is the highest point in North America at 20,320 feet. The almost-four-mile-high giant was known to the Native Americans ... 
Healy, AK - Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks
|
|
9.
Glenn Highway - Anchorage to Glennallen Off the Beaten Path The Glenn Highway is one of the most traveled routes in Alaska. It’s also one of the most scenic. The sky-piercing Mentasta and Wrangell ...
Glennallen, AK - Alaska Off the Beaten Path
|
|
10.
Inside Passage - Haines, Skagway, Sitka, & Glacier Bay, AK Family Vacation Haines, along the Inside Passage on the northern end of North America’s largest fjord, Lynn Canal, is on a narrow peninsula between ...
Haines, AK - Great Family Vacations: West
|
|
11.
Alaska's Marine Highway Scenic Drive If you want to see Alaska, take the ferry. Alaska’s Marine Highway is made up of a state-owned fleet of nine ferries that travel scenic ... 
Juneau, AK - America's Byways: The West Coast
|
|
12.
White Pass with Annie Lake Road and Dyea Road Sidetrip Scenic Drive Paved highway from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, to Skagway, Alaska; 159 kilometers (99 miles). The White Pass route follows an ancient ...
Carcross, YT - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
13.
Trout Lake Cabin Weekend Getaway Taste of the trail, or just fishing. A more secluded, 14x14-foot A-frame cabin within a day’s hike of the Sterling Highway trailhead. ...
Seward, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
|
14.
Denali Highway Scenic Drive Improved gravel road from Paxson to Cantwell. This rugged gravel highway connects the Richardson and Parks highways by crossing the ...
Paxson, AK - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
15.
Haines Highway Scenic Drive Paved highway from Haines Junction to Haines, Alaska; 244 kilometers (152 miles). This route was originally one of the famed “grease ...
Haines, AK - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
16.
Taylor Highway Scenic Drive Winding gravel highway that runs 160 miles (258 kilometers) from Alaska Highway to Eagle, Alaska. This highway runs through the forested ...
Chicken, AK - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
17.
Halibut Cove Lagoon Cabins Weekend Getaway Lagoon luxuries: Three spacious cabins of varying designs, including a wheelchair-accessible cabin, perched on high bluffs over the ...
Homer, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
|
18.
Barber Cabin Weekend Getaway Easy-to-reach lake retreat. A larger, wheelchair-accessible log cabin perfect for families and anglers. Recreation: Fish for rainbow ...
Seward, AK - How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska
|
|
19.
Alaska Highway (Yukon Territory Section) with Tagish Road, Whitehorse, & Aishihik Road Sidetrip Scenic Drive Paved highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction, Alaska; 2,238 kilometers (1,390 miles). West of Liard River ...
Watson Lake, YT - Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon
|
|
20.
Alaska's Dalton Highway Off the Beaten Path This road—the only overland route into the Arctic from Alaska’s highway network— is not for the timid or the unprepared. But the Dalton ...
Prudhoe Bay, AK - Alaska Off the Beaten Path
|
