New App Essential for RV Trip to Alaska
Posted by Claire on Jun 20, 2011Touring Alaska by RV is on the bucket list of most RV travelers. Considered the ultimate RV vacation destination, Alaska is huge — more than twice the size of Texas — and remote. If Alaska’s population density (number of people per square mile) were applied to Manhattan, the population of the country’s most populous city would plummet from nearly 2 million to just 14 individuals!
A thin population spread over such a vast land area means few towns and even fewer services. Travelers frequently encounter long stretches of highway completely devoid of services. The next gas station can be more than 100 miles down the road and a grocery even farther. Savvy RV travelers know to pick up The Milepost before heading north. The legendary Alaska travel guide and trip planner provides an invaluable mile-by-mile chronicle of sights, attractions, services and interesting information along each of Alaska’s major travel routes.
The Milepost’s only drawback is that it’s big and bulky. A new iPhone app puts the same information (and more) on your portable, light-weight smartphones. With Alaska App, RV travelers can quickly locate service stations, get directions to spectacular views, listen to a historical narrative while watching a video air tour of the glacier they are looking at, find the best local fishing spot or the best place to view eagles, and much more. If you’re planning an RV trip to Alaska this summer, you’ll want to download the free AlaskaApp onto your iPhone before you leave.
February 17th, 2012 at 2:09 am
trrnifaeak2009 on July 22, 2007 just a note, I was on the northbound trip just before your trip on the spirit. so we had the same trip just backwards. hope you loved it, as i thought it was an amazing place to go. thanks for the vid