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jukes
Explorer
Jan 11, 2022

ALASKA! Driving from California to Anchorage...

Hi!! We are thinking to drive from Santa Cruz, CA to Achorage (and explore from there).. It's showing as 60hrs, is that winter hours, would it be a faster route in the summer (very end of May)? ...
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valhalla360
Navigator
Jan 12, 2022
Google Maps will show current delays. They do have an option to set a different departure time but the further out, the more it's a rough estimate.

As someone else mentioned, figure around 50mph, so if it's 2000miles, figure 40hr of driving as a rough idea.

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