The MILEPOST: Alaska Travel Guide and Trip Planner

Klondike Loop Locator Map

Connects: Alaska Highway, YT, to Alaska Highway, AK
Routes#: Yukon 2 & 9, Alaska Route 5
Length: 498 miles
Road Surface: 80% Paved, 20% Gravel
Season: Hwy. 2 open all year, Hwys. 9 and 5 closed in winter
Maps (2 detailed pdf files available):
Milepost J 0 to Milepost J 292 (includes Silver Trail)
Milepost J 292 to Tetlin Junction, Alaska Highway

Canada Border Services Agency has announced that the Canadian border crossing on Top of the World Highway is open for the 2012 season.

Alaska-bound motorists taking the Klondike Loop turn off the Alaska Highway about 8 miles north of Whitehorse; follow the Klondike Highway 323 miles/520 kms to Dawson City; take a free ferry across the Yukon River; drive 79 miles/127 km west via the Top of the World Highway across the international border into Alaska; then take the Taylor Highway 96 miles/154 kms south back to the Alaska Highway near Tok. Driving the Klondike Loop adds about 102 miles compared to just driving the Alaska Highway; it is a popular inbound and outbound route.

All of Klondike Highway 2 between the Alaska Highway junction and Dawson City is asphalt-surfaced. Top of the World Highway is gravel with some steep grades and winding sections that can be slippery in wet weather. The Taylor Highway is a narrow gravel road with some steep, winding sections and washboard south to Chicken. From Chicken south to the Alaska Highway, the highway is chip seal and pavement.

Both the Taylor and Top of the World highways are not maintained from mid-October to April and the arrival of snow effectively closes the roads for winter. Top of the World Highway may not open until late spring. Yukon Highway 2 is open year-round. Drive with headlights on at all times.

The MILEPOST® Quick Reference Log
Miles from Alaska Highway/Yukon junction (J) shown.

J 0 Junction with the Alaska Highway at Milepost DC 894.8.
J 1.1 Couch Road to Hidden Valley Bed and Breakfast.
J 3.6 Junction with Takhini Hot Springs Road; gas bar. Access to Yukon Wildlife Preserve. Takhini Hot Springs: hot pool, restaurant, campground.
J 9.8 Sundog Retreat, right on Policeman Point Road.
J 20.3 Lake Laberge Yukon government campground.
J 34.5 Fox Lake Yukon government campground.
J 55.2 Braeburn Lodge; food, gas, diesel, lodging. Home of the World Famous Cinnamon Buns.
J 71.9 Twin Lakes Yukon government campground.
J 101.5 CARMACKS (pop. 444); all services. Visitor information. Lodging, restaurant, gas, diesel and RV park at Hotel Carmacks; lodging, gas, diesel, cafe and dry camping at Sunrise Services (email).
J 103.5 Junction with the Campbell Highway to Faro, Ross River and Watson Lake.
J 116.3 Five Finger Rapids Recreation Site.
J 117.8 Tatchun Creek Yukon government campground.
J 167.8 PELLY CROSSING (pop. 296); food, gas, camping, lodging.
J 168 Pelly River Bridge. Traffic Bulletin: Between May and August 2011, travellers should prepare for a 5-minute delay due to one-lane closure on the Pelly River Bridge at kilometre 462 of Klondike Highway #2. Horizontal clearance is 4.8 meters and vertical clearance is 5.4 meters. Full legal loads are allowed.
J 205 Ethel Lake Yukon government campground.
J 211.6 Stewart Crossing; gas.
J 212.2 Junction with Yukon Highway 11 (Silver Trail) to MAYO (pop. 470), lodging, camping at Bedrock Motel & RV Park; gas, diesel, groceries at Heartland Services. Visitor information at historic Binet House. There are additional historic Yukon Heritage Attractions. The Silver Trail ends at frontier mining town of KENO CITY (pop. 20), cafe; camping at Keno Campground. Attraction: Keno City Mining Museum.
J 226.7 Moose Creek Lodge; food, lodging.
J 227.1 Moose Creek Yukon government campground.
J 298.3 Junction with Dempster Highway to Inuvik; food, gas, diesel, camping.
J 311.9 Klondike River Yukon government campground.
J 321.2 Junction with Bonanza Creek Road; access to Dredge No. 4 (8 miles/12 km), Discovery Claim (9 miles/15 km) and Claim 33 Gold Panning (email).
J 321.3 Bonanza Gold Motel & R.V. Park; lodging, camping.
J 321.4 Dawson City RV Park and gas station; camping, gas, diesel.
J 323.4 DAWSON CITY (pop. 1,879); all services. Visitor information. Dawson City is a National Historic Site. Major attractions include: Dawson City Museum, Danoja Zho Cultural Centre, Jack London Museum, Robert Service Cabin. Free government ferry crosses Yukon River from Dawson City to junction with Top of the World Highway (Yukon Highway 9) west to Alaska.
J 323.6 Yukon River Yukon government campground.
J 389.2 U.S.–Canada Border. U.S. Customs (Poker Creek) and Canada Customs (Little Gold Creek) joint border crossing facility operates seasonally.
J 402.4 Jack Wade Junction. Junction with Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5).
J 416.1 Walker Fork BLM Campground.
J 430.9 Town of Chicken/Chicken Creek RV Park; groceries, gas, diesel, camping.
J 431.4 CHICKEN (pop. 23). Access via Airport Road to Downtown Chicken Mercantile Emporium, Chicken Creek Café, Saloon and Gas, and to Chicken Gold Camp & Outpost, site of Pedro Dredge, with food and camping.
J 448.8 West Fork BLM Campground.
J 497.9 Tetlin Junction. Junction with the Alaska Highway at Milepost DC 1301.7.