Seward Highway
Places to Visit

  • Alaska SeaLife Center (AK)

    Witness 1500 pound Steller sea lions gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving in a carefully crafted naturalistic habitat, and harbor seals hauled out on rocky beaches.

    Location on Byway: The Alaska SeaLife Center is located at Milepost 0 of the Seward Highway in Seward, Alaska, just 125 miles from Anchorage.

  • Anchorage (AK)

    Anchorage is the largest city on the byway with several attractions.

    Directions: At the north end of the byway.

  • Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge (AK)

    Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, with its extensive tidal flats, marsh communities, and alder-bog forest, supports some of the greatest numbers and diversity of wildlife in the area.

    Location on Byway: The refuge is located just west of Anchorage between the old and new Seward Highways.

  • Chugach National Forest (AK)

    The Chugach National Forest is a land of glacial diamonds set on a ring of fire.

    Location on Byway: The Chugach National Forest surrounds the Seward Highway from the town of Seward to Girdwood.

  • Chugach State Park (AK)

    Chugach State Park is an accessible wilderness in the backyard of Anchorage.

    Location on Byway: The Chugach State Park borders the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Girdwood.

  • Girdwood (AK)

    This town was a mining town before it become a place for skiers to gather.

    Location on Byway: At milepost 90 on the Seward Highway

  • Grayling Lake Trailhead (AK)

    The two-mile Grayling Lake trail is an easy family hike through spruce forests and open meadows.

    Location on Byway: The Grayling Lake Trailhead is located 13.3 miles from Seward on the west side of the Seward Highway.

  • Hiking Around the Highway (AK)

    There are at least 15 trailheads to choose from along the Seward Highway.

    Location on Byway: All along the byway.

  • Iditarod National Historic Trail (AK)

    This National Historic Trail commemorates the run of mushers during a diphtheria epidemic in 1925. Each March, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race draws in hundreds of participants and spectators.

    Directions: Look for signs.

  • Kenai Fjords National Park (AK)

    Kenai Fjords National Park is a pristine and rugged land supporting many unaltered natural environments and ecosystems.

    Directions: Kenai Fjords is accessible from the town of Seward at the southern terminus of the Seward Highway.