Independence Day fireworks in Seward shortly after midnight PHOTO BY LOREN HOLMES
YOUR GUIDE TO AN EPIC SEWARD HIGHWAY ROAD TRIP By K A T I E P E S Z N E C K E R
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fter exhausting Anchorage’s excursions, ditch the city for a stunning southbound road trip on the Seward Highway, enjoying side diversions galore, culminating in the scenic harbor town of Seward. This fabled 125-mile stretch of road runs alongside a slender tendril of water called Turnagain Arm before ascending into the dramatic Chugach and Kenai Mountains, where ancient glaciers wink through summertime greenery. The road slides past tiny communities, roadhouses and aquamarine alpine lakes before dropping down at last into Seward, situated on the edge of Resurrection Bay. The time-pressed traveler could make it to Seward and back in
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