Alaska’s Highest Highway Passes
Located on the northwestern portion of the North American continent, Alaska is a state in the Western United States. It’s bordered only by Canada on the east and surrounded by oceans on three sides: Arctic Ocean to the North, Bering Sea to the West, and the Pacific Ocean to the South. It’s an extraordinarily beautiful place and with wide open spaces. It deserves its reputation for being cold. Much of the state is covered in a layer of permafrost—permanently frozen soil.
Mountain Pass | Elevation | Highway |
Atigun Pass | 1.444m (4,739ft) | Dalton Highway |
Summit Pass | 1.295m (4,250ft) | Alaska Highway |
Maclaren Summit | 1.245m (4,086ft) | Denali Highway |
Eagle Summit | 1.113m (3,652ft) | Steese Highway |
Chilkat Pass | 1.061m (3,480ft) | Haines Highway |
Eureka Summit | 1.016m (3,332ft) | Glenn Highway |
Isabel Pass | 1.005m (3,297ft) | Richardson Highway |
Bear Creek Summit | 1.004m (3,294ft) | Alaska Highway |
White Pass | 1.003m (3,292ft) | South Klondike Highway |
Twelvemile Summit | 972m (3,190ft) | Steese Highway |
Tahneta Pass | 914m (3,000ft) | Glenn Highway |
Thompson Pass | 841m (2,759ft) | Richardson Highway |