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The Susitna River (IPA pronunciation: ) is a 300-mile-long (489 km) river in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It, along with the Matanuska River, drains the broad Matanuska-Susitna Valley south of the Alaska Range.
It rises in the Susitna Glacier on Mount Hayes in the Alaska Range near 63°30′N 147°15′W / 63.500°N 147.250°W / 63.500; -147.250. It flows in winding course generally southwest to Curry, then south, along the west side of the Talkeetna Mountains, past Talkeetna, Chulitna, and Susitna, and drains into Cook Inlet approximately 25 mi (40 km) west of Anchorage.
It receives the Yentna River from the northwest approximately 5 mi (8 km) north of Susitna. It is navigable to 85 mi (137 km) upstream from its mouth to Talkeetna.