# Road trips from Anchorage

> 4 road trips that start in or near Anchorage, from 2 to 8 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/anchorage-ak/

4 road trips that start in or near Anchorage, from 2 to 8 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

- [Alaska’s Seward Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/seward-highway/): 2 days, 118 mi – Turnagain Arm, Girdwood and a glacier you can walk to, on the way to Resurrection Bay.
- [Glenn Highway and Hatcher Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-glenn-hatcher/): 3 days, 220 mi – From Anchorage to a glacial lake and a waterfall, up to a gold mine at Hatcher Pass and along the Glenn Highway past the Matanuska Glacier.
- [Kenai Peninsula to Homer on the Sterling Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-kenai-homer/): 4 days, 242 mi – From Anchorage past Portage Lake and the turquoise Kenai River to salmon falls, a Russian Orthodox chapel and the end of the road at Homer Spit.
- [Tidal bore, glaciers and gravel dust: by camper along the Seward Highway, Parks Highway and Denali Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-010-alaska-seward-denali-highway/): 8 days, 856 mi – From the bore tide in Turnagain Arm to Exit Glacier, from Talkeetna to the edge of the Alaska Range and back along 135 miles of tundra track: a loop through Southcentral Alaska where the sun barely sets in June.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips from Anchorage?**
Popular routes starting in or near Anchorage: Alaska’s Seward Highway, Glenn Highway and Hatcher Pass, Kenai Peninsula to Homer on the Sterling Highway and Tidal bore, glaciers and gravel dust: by camper along the Seward Highway, Parks Highway and Denali Highway.

**Is there a short road trip from Anchorage?**
The shortest is Alaska’s Seward Highway: 2 days, about 118 mi.

**What is the longest road trip from Anchorage?**
The longest is Tidal bore, glaciers and gravel dust: by camper along the Seward Highway, Parks Highway and Denali Highway: 8 days, about 856 mi with 12 stops.