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. |