Steese Highway
Alaska Scenic Byway 143 mi in Alaska.
About the Steese Highway
The Steese Highway carries travelers north from Fairbanks to within 50 miles of the Arctic Circle. Unforgettable sites, vistas and natural wonders along the route include the midnight sun at summer solstice, the Chatanika River and Circle Hot Springs.
The White Mountains National Recreation Area and Birch Creek National Wild & Scenic River are accessible from the Steese Highway.
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities's own description, in its words. Byway page on dot.alaska.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 26 · on the roadUpper Chatanika River State Recreation Site · State park · 24 sites
- Mile 46 · on the roadCripple Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 18 sites · reservable
- Mile 46 · on the roadCripple Creek Campground · Bureau of Land Management
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.