Stop 6 of 17 · Southcentral
Wasilla
Home of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Headquarters, with a replica public shelter cabin, and near Reflections Lake, the old ice crossing of the Knik River.
What to See
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Headquarters at mile 2.2 Knik-Goose Bay Road, with a replica public shelter cabin, open year round
- Reflections Lake at mile 30 of the Glenn Highway, the trail’s crossing of the Knik River, with a one-mile trail and a 35-foot viewing tower
- The Dorothy E. Page Museum, eleven historic structures in downtown Wasilla
Ways to Travel Here
- Hike or BackpackWalk the one-mile trail around Reflections Lake at the old Knik River crossing.
- DriveDrive the Glenn Highway to the Reflections Lake exit at mile 30, or Knik-Goose Bay Road to race headquarters.
No matter what the time of year, be prepared. Check local conditions before you venture out.
Southcentral, Seward to Knik
- SewardMile 0
Mile 0 of the historic trail: a tripod and the historic Iditarod Trail monument stand on the shoreline of Resurrection Bay beside the Alaska SeaLife Center.
- Moose PassRailroad community
A railroad community in the Kenai Mountains near the Johnson Pass Trail, a 23-mile segment of the historic trail system.
- GirdwoodTrail town
Founded in 1906 as a place to rest and resupply before crossing the Chugach Mountains, Girdwood keeps some of the most easily reached and historically intact segments of the trail.
- Eagle RiverTrail valley
The Eagle River Nature Center sits on the trail at the north end of the Crow Pass traverse, in a valley Army explorers on the Iditarod once called a miniature Yosemite.
- AnchorageConnecting trail · Ceremonial Start
A blank spot on the map when the trail opened in 1910, Anchorage became a stop on its main route after 1915, and every March the Ceremonial Start of the sled dog race runs through it.
- EklutnaDena’ina village
A Dena’ina Athabaskan village site established in 1650 and once the winter crossing of the Knik River on the historic trail.
- WasillaRace headquarters
Home of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Headquarters, with a replica public shelter cabin, and near Reflections Lake, the old ice crossing of the Knik River.
- KnikGold-rush outfitting town
The last major outfitting town before the goldfields, home to 1,500 people at its peak, until Anchorage and the railroad passed it by.