Alaska Trip Maps
We stayed at 75 different campgrounds on this trip. They are all located and numbered by day here on these maps.
There are 3 routes created with the DeLorme Street
Atlas program combined here on this map.
on how many U-turns due to
"Oh crap! We should have turned back there."
We won't talk about that.
Atlas program combined here on this map.
- The northern route is the path we took going
to Alaska - There is a route that we took around the inside
of Alaska - The southern route is the path we took coming
back home from Alaska thru the northwest
on how many U-turns due to
"Oh crap! We should have turned back there."
We won't talk about that.
Route #1
Northern
Going to Alaska
Northern
Going to Alaska
Route #2
Inside Alaska
Inside Alaska
Route #3
Southern
Coming back Home
Southern
Coming back Home
This map shows the entire route that we took from Michigan to Alaska, the route around the inside of Alaska and
the route we took back to Michigan. The small circles are points of interest and the campgrounds where we spent a
night, or two, or three, or more.
This is the route we took in Week 1.
Day #1 Camping at
Otsego Lake State Park
Gaylord, MI
Day #2 Camping at
Apostle Islands View RV Pk
Bayview, WS
Day #3 Camping at
Pattison State Park
Superior, WS
Day #4 Camping at
Jay Cooke State Park
Carlton, MN
Week 1 - starting from home and ending at Jay Cooke State Park Campground in Carlton, MN.
This is the route we took in Week 2.
Day #5 Camping at
Long Lake Campground
Detroit Lakes, MN
Long Lake Campground
Detroit Lakes, MN
Days #6 & 7 Camping at
Fort Abraham Lincold State Park
Mandan, ND
Day #8 Camping at
Cottonwood Campground
Theodore National Park, ND
Cottonwood Campground
Theodore National Park, ND
Day #9 Camping at
Fort Ponderosa RV Park
Belt, MT
Days #10 & 13 Camping at
Fish Creek Campground
Glacier National Park, MT
Week 2 - starting from Jay Cooke State Park Campground in Carlton, MN, heading west on I-94 across
the entire states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and ending up at Fish Creek Campground in Glacier National Park, MT.
This is the route we took in Week 3.
Days #10 thru #13 Camping at
Fish Creek Campground
Glacier National Park, MT
Fish Creek Campground
Glacier National Park, MT
Day #15 Camping at
Johnson's of St Mary Campground
St. Mary, MT
Johnson's of St Mary Campground
St. Mary, MT
Border crossing
from SR17 in Montana
to PH6 in Alberta, Canada
from SR17 in Montana
to PH6 in Alberta, Canada
Days 15 &16 Camping at
Townsite Campground
Waterton Provincial Park, AB
Townsite Campground
Waterton Provincial Park, AB
Days #17 thru 19 Camping at
Tunnel Mountain Campground
Banff Provincial Park, AB
Week 3 - starting from Fish Creek Campground in Glacier National Park, MT, heading east around the
southern border of the park and then north across the U.S. border and into Alberta, Canada. We continued driving north into
Alberta all the way up to Banff where we settled into Tunnel Mountain Campground in Banff Provincial Park at the end of the
week. A beautiful drive indeed.
It is interesting to note that in week 3 we drove pretty much northwest in Alberta, Canada, for about 400 miles right along the border with British Columbia which was less than 40 miles to the west. If you are driving to Alaska just to see the beautiful mountains, save yourself a lot of driving and simply cruise this 400 mile stretch of highway for the most spectacular scenery we encountered on our long journey. It's all here: Mountains and valleys, rivers, lakes and waterfalls, wildlife, the Columbia Icefield and lots of major tourist towns such as Waterton, Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper all along Canada 1 and Hwy 93.
March 2019 Note: Where are Weeks 4 thru 16 you may ask? Somewhere in my mind. I'm working on it.
