Trip Date: August 2005

Denali Highway

Take a driving tour along the western half of the Denali Highway, Alaska, near the entrance to Denali National Park and see the amazing and brilliant fall colors which normally peaks in late August. Denali Highway (Hwy 8) was the original dirt road built in 1957 to access Denali National Park and Mt. McKinley.  After the paved George Parks Highway (Hwy 3) was completed in 1971, not much traffic uses Denali Hwy anymore.

One of the attractions to Denali Hwy is the access it has to a large remote area in central Alaska.  Unlike Hwy 3, which is lined with tall trees often limiting your views of the spectacular Alaska scenery, Denali Hwy passes through large forests of stunted-growth trees allowing you to see the wide and long vistas Alaska is known for.
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