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The Glenn Highway National Scenic
Byway follows a path carved by ancient glaciers.
Following the braided Matanuska River for over
half its length, this Byway winds through 135
miles of the most impressive terrain on earth.
Winters present you with a splendid
sky show when the Northern Lights dance among
the snow-capped mountains, while summers bring
you endless days to roam in fields of wildflowers
and ancient forests.
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© Aneta Synan,
ADOT&PF |
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Start your journey in downtown
Anchorage, where you soon see the Chugach Mountains
that parallel the Byway along its entire route.
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Visit the Alaska Native Heritage
Center off Muldoon Road, which provides the visitor
a glimpse at Alaska's five major Native groups. |
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Access the 500,000-acre Chugach
State Park and its many trails and attractions
from Eagle River/ Chugiak. |
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Eklutna Village Historical Park
provides another look into the heritage of the
Athabascan Alaska Natives. |
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Enter historic Palmer and its many
colony farms dating back to FDR's 1935 Depression
era farming experiment. Palmer comes alive in
late August with the annual Alaska State Fair. |
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You enter the glacier-carved Matanuska
River Canyon as you leave Palmer. The historic
coal mining community of Sutton provides a look
at early 1900 Alaska. |
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At the Byway's end at Eureka Summit,
see four of Alaska's major mountain ranges: the
Alaska Range, the Chugach Mountains, the Talkeetna
Mountains and the Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains. |
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| View of Gunsight Mountain on theGlenn Highway |
© Jack Stickel, ADOT&PF |
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Anchorage
Folk Festival
Anchorage, 907-566-2334 |
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Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous
Anchorage, 907-274-1177 |
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Colony
Days
Palmer, 907-745-2880 |
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Alaska
State Fair
Palmer, 907-800-850-3247 |
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| Matanuska
Glacier in the fall |
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| Matanuska
Glacier Wayside |
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