Pavement Ends (Mile 43.8)—Switch here to a good gravel road. Open year-round.
There was a gas station near Twelvemile Summit.Mile 86
Twelve
Mile Summit. 2,982 ft. Located 12 miles from a group of mining claims
on Birch
Creek.
From late July to mid-September, large herds of migrating caribou
cross the highway
between here and Eagle Summit at mile 108.
| Many miles on
further, in the settlement of CENTRAL, we found this
Yukon
Trading Post which has a restaurant, saloon, post office, a gas
station,
and liquor store. There also was a small cemetery, with very old
markers. Photo by others While in the saloon, Vern noticed a payphone, asking how can they have that way out here? The owner pointed out the back window, there was a satellite dish. A link straight from Anchorage. Circle Hot Springs was near by but we did not visit it. |
