There are several ways you can get to Denali. Fairbanks is about a four-hour train ride from Denali. It takes 2.5 hours by car or van.
In the summertime, the train ride to Denali leaves around 8 am and arrives in Denali around noon in the summer. The tour van leaves the station around 7:30 am and gets to Denali around 10: a.m. Or, you can drive yourself, it takes about 2.5 hours.