Anchorage to Valdez Road Trip

Anchorage, the biggest city in Alaska, has a scenic location on a peninsula fronted by the waters of the Cook Inlet and backed by the Chugach Mountains. It’s not difficult to escape from the city for some back to nature recreation as there are several wildernesses including the Chugach State Park and the Chugach National Forest that reach right up to the city boundaries.

If you’re living there or visiting with your family you’ll find Anchorage is a good city for kids and there are some exciting things they can do there. They’ll enjoy browsing around the Alaska Museum of Science & Nature, taking a boat ride around the Cook Inlet or visiting the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Sometimes, though, it’s great to leave the city behind and give them a first-hand experience of Alaskan nature in all its magnificent splendor.

On this family weekend RV road trip from Anchorage to Valdez you can take them hiking or skiing along forest trails where they can discover cascading waterfalls, let them meet animals up close including one that’s a living dinosaur, and show them just how impressive a glacier is. Leave Anchorage on the AK 1 and you’ll be motoring through the stunning landscapes of the Matanuska Valley alongside the Matanuska River nearly all the way. That means you’ll have plenty of opportunities to stop off along the route to show them how to catch a trout or salmon for their supper and guaranteed, they’ll agree it tastes a whole lot better than a takeaway pizza.