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ANCHORAGE
Mile 0: Downtown Anchorage.
Population: 290,761.
Mile 6: Arctic Valley Road turn-off.
Scenic side trip with hiking trails, Joint
Base Elmendorf- Richardson and
public golf at Moose Run Golf Course.
Mile 11.6: Exit to Eagle River
Campground, Chugach State
Park. Eagle River Campground
accommodates RVs and has 57
campsites
Mile 13.4: Exit to the twin
communities of Chugiak-Eagle River.
Mile 21.9: Exit to Bobby’s Peter’s
Creek RV Park
Mile 23.6: Northbound exit to Mirror
Lake Municipal Park, day use only.
Mile 26.5: Exit for Eklutna Lake
Recreation Area with camping in
Chugach State Park. Thunderbird
Falls: Popular 200-ft. waterfall with
a viewing platform accessed via a
scenic 1 mile (each way) hike along
the Eklutna River canyon. For a more
challenging hike, take the trail to the
base of the falls to feel the spray from
the river as it plunges over 200 feet.
Mile 29.6: Junction with Old Glenn
Highway.
Mile 35.8: Glenn-Parks Highway
Interchange
Mile 36.3: Fox Run Lodge &
Campground. See our ad on this
page.
Mile 36.4: Matanuska Lakes State
Recreation Area.
Mile 37.4: Kepler Park; camping, day-
use, boat rentals, fishing.
Mile 40: Alaska State Fairgrounds.
Mile 40.3: Noisy Goose Cafe.
Mile 40.4: Inner Springer Loop
provides access to Paradise Alaska RV
Park and Palmer Golf Course.
PALMER
Mile 42: Population, 5,908 -
Home of the annual Alaska State
Fair.
Mile 42: Junction with Old Glenn
Highway and access to Mountain
View RV Park.
Mile 49.5: Junction with Palmer-
Fishhook Road/Hatcher Pass
Road to Independence Mine State
Historical Park. Hatcher Pass Road is
not recommended for large RVs.
Mile 50.1: Turn north on Archie Road
to visit the Musk-Ox Farm.
Mile 54.5: Moose Creek State
Recreation Site.
Mile 54.6: Moose Creek.
SUTTON
Mile 61: Population: 1,217.
Mile 61.6: Alpine Historical Park,
a museum featuring the concrete
foundation of the Sutton Coal
Washery (1920-22).
Mile 76.1:  King Mountain State
Recreation Site and campground.
CHICKALOON
Mile 76.8: Population: 280.
Mile 85.4: Long Lake State Recreation
Site, day-use only.
Mile 91.7: Pullout for Matanuska
Glacier.
Mile 101:  Matanuska Glacier State
Recreation Site and campground.
Mile 102.1: Matanuska Glacier Access
at Glacier Park
Mile 109.7: Grand View Cafe & RV
Campground. See our ad on this page.
Mile 113.5: Sheep Mountain Lodge
with camping.
Mile 118:  Rest area and parking.
Mile 122: Tahneta Pass, 3,000 ft.
Mile 129.5:Eureka Summit, 3,322 ft.
Highest point on the Glenn Highway.
Mile 135: Slide Mountain Cabins & RV
Park.
Mile 159.8: Junction with 19.3-mile-
long Lake Louise Road to camping at
Lake Louise State Recreation Area
Mile 173: Ranch House Lodge & RV
Resort. See our ad on the opposite
page.
Mile 173: Tolsona Wilderness
Campground and RV Park.
See our ad on the opposite page.
GLENNALLEN
Mile 187: Population: 412.
Glenallen Towing & Recovery. See our
ad on page 27.
Mile 187.3: Alaska Wildlife Museum.
Mile 188.7: Northern Nights
Campground & RV Park.
See our ad on the opposite page.
Mile 189: Junction of the Richardson
Highway with the Glenn Highway.
Turn south on the Richardson
Highway to visit Valdez.
Turn north on the Richardson
Highway if you’re headed to Tok or
Delta Junction.
Mts. Drum, Blackburn & Wrangell from the Glenn Highway
Photo: Dave Bezaire
SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
This National Scenic Byway follows
a path carved by ancient glaciers
Glenn Highway Mileage Log
Byers Peak, also is known as Matanuska Peak. The mountain in the foreground is Lazy Mountain. The
Matanuska River flows below the range out into the Cook Inlet. The Cook Inlet is named after Captain Cook
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