Lodge Location & Driving Directions
Knik River Lodge – An Alaskan Wilderness Retreat
The Knik River Lodge is located at 29979 E Knik River Road, Palmer (near Anchorage), Alaska 99645 United States
From downtown Anchorage
- Take 6th Avenue to AK 1.
- Follow highway for about 30 minutes / 29 miles and take exit Old Glenn Highway (if you cross the Knik River River you went too far, turn around at next exit).
- Follow Old Glenn Highway east for approximately 8.5 miles.
- Immediately before the bridge over the Kink River take a right onto Knik River Road.
- Follow Knik River road to the very end: 11.2 miles.
- The road ends at Knik River Lodge.
From Glenallen / Palmer
- Drive into Palmer on the Glenn Highway.
- Take a left onto E Arctic Avenue (first traffic lights when driving into Palmer, you’ll see a Fred Meyer Gas Station on the corner)
- Follow the road for approximately 15 minutes / 10 miles. You will cross the Matanuska River.
- Once you cross the second river (Knik River) take a hard left immediately after the bridge, this is the Knik River Road.
- Follow Knik River road to the very end: 11.2 miles.
- The road ends at Knik River Lodge.
From Denali / Wasilla
- Follow highway 1 south towards Anchorage
- Once you pass through Wasilla keep an eye out for the bridge over the Knik River.
- Take the Old Glenn Highway exit (first exit after crossing the Knik River).
- Follow Old Glenn Highway east for approximately 8.5 miles.
- Immediately before the bridge going back over the Knik River take a right onto Knik River Road.
- Follow Knik River road to the very end: 11.2 miles.
- The road ends at Knik River Lodge.
