I am planning on driving from Alaska to Seattle, and would like to understand if this can be done? Or am I crazy to even think about it... any information would be helpful. Thanks.
2006-10-02 04:29:19 · 4 answers · asked by MIF 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Seattle
Here's an answer from someone who has done the trip many times:
2350 miles. 48 hours if you really keep moving. I've done that driving solo, sleeping a few hours each night and otherwise driving at or 5-10 over the limit the whole time.
The few people I've known to do it quicker were like 2-3 college students going off to school and were rotating drivers. Then, maybe, 42-45 hours would be possible.
It is a spectacular trip. Well worth doing at some point in your life. The Alaskan Highway is paved the whole and if someone starts talking about 4WD and tow ropes, and extra gas cans, ignore them. Either they drove it 30 years ago (I did) or they read about the earliest trips up the Alcan. You could do the whole thing on a moped and I prefer a compact car because they are less tiring to drive than a big truck.
There's gas every 250 miles or so on the main route. Towns and grocery stores and motels and campground all along the way.
It IS a LONG way for the non-road-warrior. If 400 miles in a day is a lot of driving for you, then you'll be at it for a week. Still a great, very scenic trip, but after a while you can get tired of billions of spruce trees amongst untouched mountains and rivers.
I prefer April or early May or late September or early October. No bugs, no motorhomes, no road construction and no snow. It takes another 12 hours in summer or winter due to those delays and slower average speed.
Buy "The Milepost" at any bookstore in Alaska. Or amazon. About $24. It is the bible for the Alcan and all the parallel highways in the north woods. Mile-by-mile descriptions of the road and services along the way.
2006-10-03 09:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by David in Kenai 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
check out this site's calculator. It's meant to show the cost of gas for a given trip, but it also calculates mileage.
http://www.fuelcostcalculator.com/TripGasPrice.aspx
2006-10-02 11:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by The Oldest Man In The World 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
around 61 hours
2006-10-02 11:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by deerhunter14775 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on actual start and arrival address, the trip will take approximately 43 hours and 47 minutes, and it is about 2360.13 miles. These are the directions.
1: Start out going EAST on W 4TH AVE toward I ST. 0.1 miles Map
2: Turn RIGHT onto G ST. 0.1 miles Map
3: Turn LEFT onto W 6TH AVE. 1.2 miles Map
4: Take AK-1 N / INTERSTATE A1 N. 180.8 miles Map
5: Turn LEFT onto RICHARDSON HWY / AK-1 / AK-4 / INTERSTATE A1 / INTERSTATE A4. 13.9 miles Map
6: Turn RIGHT onto AK-1 / TOK CUTOFF / INTERSTATE A1. 122.2 miles Map
7: Turn RIGHT onto ALASKA HWY / AK-2 / INTERSTATE A2. Continue to follow ALASKA HWY E (Crossing into *CANADA* YUKON TERRITORY). 290.9 miles Map
8: Turn LEFT onto ALASKA HWY / PROVINCIAL ROUTE 1. Continue to follow ALASKA HWY (Passing through BRITISH COLUMBIA- YUKON TERRITORY- BRITISH COLUMBIA- YUKON TERRITORY- BRITISH COLUMBIA- YUKON TERRITORY- BRITISH COLUMBIA- and YUKON TERRITORY- then crossing into BRITISH COLUMBIA). 915.2 miles Map
9: Turn RIGHT onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 29. 46.2 miles Map
10: Turn LEFT onto BEATTIE DR / PROVINCIAL ROUTE 29. Continue to follow PROVINCIAL ROUTE 29. 40.4 miles Map
11: Turn RIGHT onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97 S. 263.1 miles Map
12: Turn LEFT onto CARSON AVE / PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. Continue to follow PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. 0.3 miles Map
13: Turn LEFT onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97 / LEGION DR. Continue to follow PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. 6.9 miles Map
14: Turn LEFT to stay on PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. <0.1 miles Map
15: Turn RIGHT to stay on PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. 66.6 miles Map
16: Turn LEFT onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97 / CARIBOO HWY S. Continue to follow PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97. 126.0 miles Map
17: PROVINCIAL ROUTE 97 becomes PROVINCIAL ROUTE 1 / TRANS CANADA HWY. 120.0 miles Map
18: Merge onto PROVINCIAL ROUTE 1 W / TRANS CANADA HWY W toward VANCOUVER. 48.6 miles Map
19: Take the HWY-11 exit- EXIT 92- toward ABBOTSFORD / MISSION / SUMAS USA. 0.4 miles Map
20: Turn LEFT onto SUMAS WAY / PROVINCIAL ROUTE 11. 2.1 miles Map
21: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto DOUGLAS ST (Crossing into *UNITED STATES* WASHINGTON). 0.1 miles Map
22: DOUGLAS ST becomes unnamed road. 0.1 miles Map
23: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto CHERRY ST / WA-9. 0.5 miles Map
24: Turn RIGHT onto W FRONT ST / WA-9. Continue to follow WA-9. 3.9 miles Map
25: Turn LEFT onto NOOKSACK RD / WA-9. Continue to follow WA-9. 3.2 miles Map
26: Turn LEFT onto WA-9 / S PASS RD. <0.1 miles Map
27: Turn RIGHT onto NOOKSACK RD / WA-9. Continue to follow WA-9. 6.3 miles Map
28: Turn RIGHT onto WA-542 / MT BAKER HWY. Continue to follow WA-542. 9.9 miles Map
29: Merge onto I-5 S. 89.2 miles Map
30: Take EXIT 165A toward JAMES ST.. 0.3 miles Map
31: Stay STRAIGHT to go onto 6TH AVE. <0.1 miles Map
32: Turn RIGHT onto COLUMBIA ST. 0.1 miles Map
33: Turn RIGHT onto 4TH AVE. <0.1 miles Map
34: Turn RIGHT onto MARION ST. <0.1 miles Map
35: End at Seattle, WA US Map
Total Est. Time: 43 hours, 47 minutes Total Est. Distance: 2360.13 miles
2006-10-02 11:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by croc hunter fan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋