Where a car takes you from Anchorage
These are the day trips from Anchorage on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Girdwood and Alyeska (Seven Glaciers) Girdwood is the Anchorage day trip 45 minutes south by Seward Highway, with the Seven Glaciers tram-top fine dining room and Jack Sprat in the village
- Jack Sprat at Girdwood Jack Sprat at 165 Olympic Mountain Loop in Girdwood specialises in vegetarian and meat dishes with foraged elements, with bibimbap, duck breast and Al
- Palmer (Mat-Su Valley) with Vagabond Blues Palmer is the day-trip for Matanuska Valley farm country, Alaska State Fair grounds and the long-running Vagabond Blues cafe with reindeer sausage bre
- Whittier with the Inn at Whittier Whittier sits an hour south of Anchorage through the Anton Anderson tunnel, with harborfront seafood at the Inn at Whittier on Prince William Sound
- Eagle River and Bear Paw Festival Eagle River runs 12 miles north of Anchorage with neighbourhood pizza spots and the Bear Paw Festival in July, four days of food vendors and carnival
- Alyeska Sitzmark Bar and Grill Sitzmark Bar and Grill at the foot of Alyeska Resort runs a daytime ski-and-après crowd by day, with live music, trivia and open-mic nights into the l
Booking a car in Anchorage
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 43.96 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Anchorage Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.