Mileposts.

explorenorth wrote:

c.traveler2 wrote:

... be careful because it will list Mile/Km from like Dawson Creek to Destruction Bay this is base on driven miles from those points, not mileage road marker.

Nope, it's based on the KM posts - at least in the Yukon (I don't recall checking BC and Alaska in recent years). The rest area noted as being at km 1566, for example, is a few yards past the Km 1566 post.

Yes you're correct that that I used "miles" instead of "Km" for the Canada part of the road, but my premises still applies. In the 2015 MilesPost it gives Km and miles together in Canada for driven distance.

c.traveler2 wrote:

... be careful because it will list Mile/Km from like Dawson Creek to Destruction Bay this is base on driven miles from those points, not mileage road marker.

Nope, it's based on the KM posts - at least in the Yukon (I don't recall checking BC and Alaska in recent years). The rest area noted as being at km 1566, for example, is a few yards past the Km 1566 post.

doughere wrote:
Planning trip next June.

Are there actual mileposts on all the roads in Alaska as indicated in the Milepost book ??

Doug

You have to be careful how you read the mileage that they list, because they will also list "historical milepost", don't mistake those for the mileage driven that they list, that is what we found on our 2015 journey through Canada and Alaska. Also be careful because it will list Mile/Km from like Dawson Creek to Destruction Bay this is base on driven miles from those points, not milage road marker. I'll give The Milepost credit for the amount of information they have in their book, which is mostly correct.

I didnt feel that fuel prices were out of line for where we were. i think that the highest was $1.30 or so a liter and usually less.

enblethen wrote:
Yes, many of the historic mileposts are still in place.
The standard mile markers are kilometers. Milepost list both.
Found fuel costs less in locales that are not used by caravans.

Along the Alaska Highway, a few originals still exist in private collections and museums, and some "Historic Mile 000" posts were installed for the 1992 anniversary (they look nothing like the originals). The standards are, of course, kilometers in BC (where they're 5 km apart) and the Yukon (2 km apart), and miles in Alaska. Fuel costs less in major centres - the only exception to that norm that I know of is Contact Creek, east of Watson Lake. Larger centres where you have no choice but to fill up sometimes gouge as the norm - ie Fort Nelson, and usually Watson Lake.

Yes, many of the historic mileposts are still in place.
The standard mile markers are kilometers. Milepost list both.
Found fuel costs less in locales that are not used by caravans.

We did see some mileposts along the highway.

We went in 2005, 2009, and 2013, Bought one in 2005 and loved it, but found it bulky and hard to use while traveling because it is large and heavy. In 2009 and 2013 bought two copies each trip. Would use one book to read about the trip for the next day, then cut the pages out of the second book. It was a lot easier to use the loose pages than the book. We found it suited us. For the cost of the trip to Alaska the cost of two books is minuscule.

We thought we were through with our Alaska travels but are now planning a 2018 trip. What the heck, I'm only 74 and still feel young.

junmy3 wrote:
...We also found the Church's book helpful and worthwhile as well. It was more helpful with some campgrounds some of the time. It also had a chart that compared historical gas prices. We found it after we bought gas at the most expensive place on the Alaska Highway. ...

Did you get your expensive gas at Testa River in a place that advertised cinnamon rolls and had a sign above the pump that said "No Snivelling"? Not that I paid almost $8.00 a gallon there or anything!!!!

The year I retired DW and I went to Alaska. In an attempt to save a little money, we looked into buying a used Milepost. We ended up buying a new one and are glad we did. We would have passed a lot of things we enjoyed seeing that we would not have know was there. We also found the Church's book helpful and worthwhile as well. It was more helpful with some campgrounds some of the time. It also had a chart that compared historical gas prices. We found it after we bought gas at the most expensive place on the Alaska Highway. If we had found the chart earlier, we would have bought gas at an earlier town and would have saved enough money to buy both the Milepost and Church books a couple of times.