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By Air:
Most people fly into Anchorage International Airport and pick up a rental car.

You can fly into Talkeetna by small plane. Adjacent to Anchorage International is Lake Hood, one of the world's largest float plane airports. Private planes can land at Talkeetna regional airport (6 miles) or -the Fish Lake float plane base is less than a mile away. Call us for a ride.

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By Train:
The train is one of the best ways to see central Alaska.
The main Alaska Railroad station is located just south of Anchorage's downtown area. Talkeetna is one of
three stops on the Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage, with trains both northbound and
southbound daily during the summer.
Check www.alaskarailroad.com for more information.
Let us know ahead of time and we'll meet your train!
Or call for a ride once you get to town!

Schedules:
Enjoy a rail trip to Talkeetna via the Alaska Railroad! Travel through valleys, over rivers and into Alaska's wilderness.

Anchorage to Talkeetna
Departs 8:15am (check in 7:15am)
Arrives 11:40am

Talkeetna to Anchorage
Departs 4:20pm (check in 3:20pm)
Arrives Anchorage 8:15pm

One-way Anchorage-Talkeetna Fares:
$70/Adult $33/Child (value season)

$89/Adult $45/Child (peak season)

See www.alaskarailroad.com for additional information.

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By Shuttle:
There is daily shuttle bus service from Anchorage to Talkeetna in summer.
Check the Talkeetna Chamber of Commerce business directory at  www.talkeetnachamber.org (under transportation) for businesses, schedules and fares.

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By Car:
Head north from Anchorage on the Glenn Highway (Hwy 1). Where the roads split, take the Parks Highway (Hwy 3) to Wasilla. Pick up anything you need in Wasilla—
it's the last city (and the last supermarket for 300+ miles!).
Follow the Parks Highway to Mile 99, then turn right
onto the Talkeetna Spur Road.

There are no street addresses in rural AK - everyone uses mile markers as reference points (watch for the
green markers along the highway).  We're located at mile 7.6, on the west side of the Spur Road.

After mile 7, as you come up the hill, on the
right you should see a lake (Question Lake), then Barge Road, and then the Assembly of God Church.

We're the second driveway on the left after the church. Our log cabin is visible from the road, and once you pull in you'll see a sign for The Laughing Moose.

The easiest landmark to use is the blue highway sign for Paradise Cabins and Talkeeak Lodge—it is directly across from the foot of our driveway.  Ignoring the direction arrows on the signs, turn left into our driveway.

(If you pass Birch Creek Road or see the mile 8 marker, you've gone too far.  Turn around, and try again.)

Heading south (coming south from town), watch for the sign for Paradise Cabins.  Once you pass Birch Creek Road, turn right at the first driveway after the 55 mph sign.
Call us if you get lost!—733-8560

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