Taylor Top-of-the-World Highway
Taylor Top-of-the-World Highway is a State Scenic Byway in Alaska. Within Alaska it covers roughly 110 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Taylor Top-of-the-World Highway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Taylor Highway and its Top of the World extension run from near Tok up to the gold-rush settlement of Eagle and east toward Dawson City in the Yukon, much of it on gravel along high, treeless ridgelines. For long stretches the road follows the very tops of the hills, with tundra falling away on both sides and views that seem to run forever. The international border crossing here is one of the most remote in North America.
- ridgetop gravel road
- tundra views for miles
- Eagle gold-rush town
- Dawson City route
- remote border crossing
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.