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re: Scenic Drives in USA thread. What have been the best scenic drives you been on?
Posted on 5/29/21 at 11:33 pm to Alwaysontop
Posted on 5/29/21 at 11:33 pm to Alwaysontop
CA 299 from arcata to redding through the trinity alps.
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Posted on 5/30/21 at 9:13 am to Crow Pie
Copper Mountain to Leadville is nice.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 9:58 am to Crow Pie
Million dollar highway
Posted on 5/30/21 at 10:33 am to Crow Pie
Big Sur
Independence Pass in Colorado
Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West.
Independence Pass in Colorado
Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 12:09 pm to rutiger
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trinity alps.
Really underrated locale.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 4:37 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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trinity alps.
Really underrated locale.
When i lived in arcata, summers on the coast were cool, but i could drive an hour inland and go swimming in the trinity river. Very beautiful part of California.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 4:48 pm to Eyeball
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The road to Hana in Maui
Did Hana on a tour. Wow!
Would have driven it if I was younger and had better eyesight.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 5:05 pm to rutiger
Trinity alps remind me of the North Cascades a bit.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 9:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
I second Needles Hiway in South Dakota. When you get to the end you will want to turn around and drive it the other way!
Posted on 5/31/21 at 12:08 pm to sstig
Thinking west to east in no particular order...
Dalton Highway (Alaska)
Seward Highway (Alaska)
Glenn Highway (Alaska)
Richardson Highway (Alaska)
McCarthy Road (Alaska)
Parks Highway (Alaska)
North Cascades Highway (Washington)
Highway 101 (Oregon)
Pacific Coast Highway (California)
Highway 50 (Nevada)
Going to the Sun Road (Montana)
Beartooth Highway (Montana/Wyoming)
Highway 12 (Utah)
Highway 89A (Arizona)
Million Dollar Highway (Colorado)
I-70 (Colorado)
Trail Ridge Road (Colorado)
Overseas Highway (Florida)
Blue Ridge Parkway (NC/Virginia)
If I may include a couple of roads outside the USA:
Icefields Parkway (Canada)
Ring Road (Iceland)
Dalton Highway (Alaska)
Seward Highway (Alaska)
Glenn Highway (Alaska)
Richardson Highway (Alaska)
McCarthy Road (Alaska)
Parks Highway (Alaska)
North Cascades Highway (Washington)
Highway 101 (Oregon)
Pacific Coast Highway (California)
Highway 50 (Nevada)
Going to the Sun Road (Montana)
Beartooth Highway (Montana/Wyoming)
Highway 12 (Utah)
Highway 89A (Arizona)
Million Dollar Highway (Colorado)
I-70 (Colorado)
Trail Ridge Road (Colorado)
Overseas Highway (Florida)
Blue Ridge Parkway (NC/Virginia)
If I may include a couple of roads outside the USA:
Icefields Parkway (Canada)
Ring Road (Iceland)
Posted on 5/31/21 at 2:14 pm to Globetrotter747
If we are including Canada the highway from Vancouver up to Whistler is stunningly beautiful.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:27 pm to TigerBR1111
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If we are including Canada the highway from Vancouver up to Whistler is stunningly beautiful.
I was all set to drive that one last year. COVID, of course. Maybe next summer.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:32 pm to TigerBR1111
Hwy 395 California, eastern slope of the Sierras, from Lake Tahoe to Death Valley.
Probably the most diverse drive I’ve been on. Funky, historic little towns, Mono lake with it’s tufa formations, gold mining town of Bodie at 8,000 ft and in a state of arrested decay, Lone Pine where most of the old Hollywood westerns were filmed and many, many other stops.
Also, Death Valley is one of my favorite national parks, it took a long time to decide to go, but I was blown away by the beauty of it.
Probably the most diverse drive I’ve been on. Funky, historic little towns, Mono lake with it’s tufa formations, gold mining town of Bodie at 8,000 ft and in a state of arrested decay, Lone Pine where most of the old Hollywood westerns were filmed and many, many other stops.
Also, Death Valley is one of my favorite national parks, it took a long time to decide to go, but I was blown away by the beauty of it.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:33 pm to Crow Pie
Big Sur between Carmel and Moro Bay
Colorado has a bunch but I will say from Aspen over Independence Pass.
River Road along the Rio Grande between Terlingua and Presidio, Texas. As a bonus, add on the drive from Ruidosa, Tx to Marfa on Pinto Canyon Road which is a gravel road through the mountains.
Colorado has a bunch but I will say from Aspen over Independence Pass.
River Road along the Rio Grande between Terlingua and Presidio, Texas. As a bonus, add on the drive from Ruidosa, Tx to Marfa on Pinto Canyon Road which is a gravel road through the mountains.
Posted on 5/31/21 at 3:52 pm to Crow Pie
All along I-40 through New Mexico.
Colorado
Posted on 5/31/21 at 11:11 pm to Zappas Stache
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River Road along the Rio Grande between Terlingua and Presidio, Texas
Surprised it took this long to get a mention of this one.
Outside of national parks my top ones are:
River road
PCH
Million dollar highway in winter
Too many others in CO to pick.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:12 am to Crow Pie
I've done the Pacific Coast Highway from Monterey down to San Luis Obispo. I've done large sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I've done some scenic drives in Virginia and West Virginia. More in the driving enthusiast vein, I've done the Tail Of The Dragon, Hellbender, The Devil's Triangle and The Cherohala Skyway out in Western Carolina. I've done MINIs On The Dragon a bunch of times, so I've run a ton of the roads out that way. Does VIR count as scenic? I've also been to the Goodwood Festival Of Speed but I didn't drive anything.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:55 am to ccard257
US 191 from Pinedale, WY to Jackson.
Durango to up about Rock Springs is also worth doing.
I'll second the Glenwood Springs-Aspen-Leadville-Vail route but with an addition, especially if it's fall. Coming off Independence Pass, go through the Twin Lakes village to Lake Co. Road 24. It goes toward the south Mt. Elbert trailhead but takes you by the Mt. Elbert Forebay. Follow that road as it becomes a dirt road and you get an awesome view of Elbert and Massive. Roll around until you get to the paved road and follow it till it meets US 24.
It's a unique perspective on Lake County and the very upper Arkansas Valley that you don't really get if you go the normal way on CO 82 to US 24. Not to mention the view of the two lakes as you go up toward the Forebay. It also is a more direct route to Leadville.
Durango to up about Rock Springs is also worth doing.
I'll second the Glenwood Springs-Aspen-Leadville-Vail route but with an addition, especially if it's fall. Coming off Independence Pass, go through the Twin Lakes village to Lake Co. Road 24. It goes toward the south Mt. Elbert trailhead but takes you by the Mt. Elbert Forebay. Follow that road as it becomes a dirt road and you get an awesome view of Elbert and Massive. Roll around until you get to the paved road and follow it till it meets US 24.
It's a unique perspective on Lake County and the very upper Arkansas Valley that you don't really get if you go the normal way on CO 82 to US 24. Not to mention the view of the two lakes as you go up toward the Forebay. It also is a more direct route to Leadville.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:34 am to Crow Pie
In no particular order:
US 1/Overseas Highway (Florida Keys)
US 191/Rockefeller Parkway (Grand Teton/Yellowstone)
State Route 130 through the Medicine Bow mountains between Laramie and Saratoga, Wyoming
I-70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
I-70 through the San Rafael Swell between Salina and Green River, Utah
US 441 through GSMNP
NC 12 through the Outer Banks
US 1/Overseas Highway (Florida Keys)
US 191/Rockefeller Parkway (Grand Teton/Yellowstone)
State Route 130 through the Medicine Bow mountains between Laramie and Saratoga, Wyoming
I-70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
I-70 through the San Rafael Swell between Salina and Green River, Utah
US 441 through GSMNP
NC 12 through the Outer Banks
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:37 am to Globetrotter747
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Maybe next summer.
Canadians are still being assholes. Depends on the agent, but they have taken and gone through peoples phones before allowing them to pass.
Just talked to a guy who was 2 hours at the border at Haines while they went through his phone, and I have heard it from several people.
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