Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
While you can keep driving up the road and into Denali National Park, your best uninterrupted view of Mount McKinley occurs here, on the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge deck, rather than in the rougher countryside closer to the giant peak. The lodge features a 46-foot-high river rock fireplace in the lobby. The 212 guest rooms offer mountain and forest views and several rooms are ADA-compliant. Activities available include flight-seeing, jet boat tours, fishing trips and sled dog tours. The lodge provides casual dining in the Base Camp Bistro and fine dining in the Foraker Dining Room, featuring traditional Alaskan seafood, house dry-aged steaks and game.
Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
23601 S. Talkeetna Spur Road
Talkeetna, AK 99676
(907) 733-9500
(888) 959-9590
talkeetnalodge.com
Talkeetna Roadhouse
If you're looking for some real Alaska flavor, stay in one of the eight rooms at the Talkeetna Roadhouse, where guests wake up to the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls and hot coffee. The rooms are configured for singles, couples and families. The three upstairs rooms share a bathroom with a clawfoot tub and shower. The two downstairs rooms, the Bunk Room and the Little Cabin in the Back, share four bathrooms, three of which have showers. Including the off-site Trapper John's Cabin, the Roadhouse can sleep 27, making it a potential base for reunions and retreats. The on-site kitchen is open to the public as well as hotel guests. A main room provides a place for card games, map reading, writing letters or imbibing a beer and a bowl of soup. The living room provides a piano and a rock fireplace. You can use the Roadhouse's computer or hop onto Wi-Fi on your laptop. Rooms lack TVs, but you are free to watch the communal TV in the living room.
Talkeetna Roadhouse
13550 E. Main St.
Talkeetna, AK 99676
(907) 733-1351
talkeetnaroadhouse.com
Swiss-Alaska Inn
This small lodge next to the public boat launch offers 20 rooms. The hosts speak English and Swiss-German and understand other languages as well. Rooms include private baths with tub/shower combinations. Most rooms have two beds and some have rollaways for additional guests. A restaurant located on the premises serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu includes halibut, salmon, buffalo burgers and the owner's secret-recipe Swiss-style French toast. While the inn doesn't have television reception, it does provide TVs and DVRs in the rooms.
Swiss-Alaska Inn
565 F St.
Talkeetna, AK 99676
(907) 733-2424
swissalaska.com
