Circa 10/14/44
Original Summit section house, milepost 312.5, 8/12/52
Page created 12/1/99 and last updated 11/4/05
The summit of the Continental Divide is at 2,363 feet and is the lowest rail pass in the Rocky Mountain chain. Summit Lake eventually drains both into the Pacific and the Bering Sea.
This region is the highest point
on the Alaska Railroad and is within sight of the highest mountain, Denali
(20,320 feet).
Circa 10/14/44
Original Summit section house, milepost 312.5, 8/12/52
Page created 12/1/99 and last updated 11/4/05