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The Seward Highway offers some of the most beautiful scenic views in the U.S.A. and is recognized as a United States All American Scenic Byway by the U.S. Department of Transportation. There are numerous pullouts for viewing the scenery and wildlife. Dall Sheep, moose, eagles and other birds, and even Beluga whales are often seen.

The Seward Highway offers an incredible diversity of scenic landscapes and unique natural features in one area. This 127-mile road (203 km) links Anchorage with Seward and passes through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The landscape includes the mountains and sea of Turnagain Arm, wet marshes that are home to multitudes of birds, deep forests, alpine meadows and lakes, waterfalls, and glaciers. In the springtime wildflowers brighten every corner of the road. Only Alaska’s Seward Highway can offer this particular mix created by climate, geography, and geology.

The Alaska SeaLife Center offers up-close and personal experiences with Alaska marine wildlife in realistic habitats. See a huge Steller sea lion gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving from cliffs, harbor seals resting on rocky beaches, Alaskan king crab, sea stars, the Giant Pacific octopus, and more.

Kenai Fjords is a majestic land of deep glacier-carved fjords bounded by forested mountains and sharp cliffs. This rugged coastline has many beautiful tidewater glaciers and abundant marine wildlife. Huge house-sized icebergs often crash from the tidewater glaciers into the sea.
Kenai Fjords National Park is comprised of 1,760 square miles (2,833 square kilometers) of protected land on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula. Snow and ice cover 60 percent of the park. The Harding Icefield is at the heart of the park, and about 40 glaciers flow from this great icefield. …