Road tripping in Alaska is a culinary adventure. We mapped out where to pull over for fresh-baked roadhouse pies, hot espresso, riverfront salmon, and coastal seafood feasts.
Anchorage → Girdwood → Turnagain Pass → Cooper Landing → Moose Pass → Seward
Designated an All-American Road and National Scenic Byway, the Seward Highway hugs the dramatic cliffs of Turnagain Arm before climbing over alpine passes into the coastal wonderland of Resurrection Bay. This food trail guides you to the best roadhouse pies, Cajun steaks, and pristine oyster bars along the way.
Anchorage → Girdwood → Cooper Landing → Kenai / Soldotna → Ninilchik → Homer
The ultimate Alaska coastal road trip. Journey from Anchorage through the heart of the Kenai Peninsula to the "Halibut Capital of the World" at the end of the road in Homer, tasting fresh river salmon, wood-fired pizzas, and seaside morning buns along the way.
Anchorage → Palmer → Talkeetna → Denali National Park → Fairbanks
Drive north through Alaska’s interior heartland, spanning the fertile Matanuska Valley, bohemian mountaineering villages, North America’s highest peak (Denali), and the historic gold rush saloons of Fairbanks.
Anchorage → Indian → Bird Creek → Girdwood / Alyeska Resort
Alaska’s most iconic day trip food run. Hugging the sheer cliffs of Turnagain Arm with sweeping views of tidal bores and Dall sheep, this short alpine journey takes you to world-famous Cajun pepper steaks, rainforest bakeries, and craft beer.
Fairbanks → North Pole → Delta Junction → Glennallen → Keystone Canyon → Valdez
From the interior boreal forest to the glaciated fjords of Prince William Sound, the Richardson Highway traces Alaska’s oldest surveyed pack trail past cascading alpine waterfalls, Copper River salmon runs, and Prince William Sound spot prawn docks.