Scenic routes
The great American drives.
The legendary corridors — and the stops worth pulling over for on each. Pick a route, see the states it crosses, and plan the scenic line with Roamward.
Scenic routeRoute 66The Mother Road, Chicago to the PacificIllinoisMissouriKansasOklahomaTexas+3Scenic routeThe National Parks Highway (US 89)America’s parks, strung on one road from Arizona to MontanaArizonaUtahWyomingMontanaScenic routePacific Coast HighwayCalifornia’s cliff-hugging coast driveCaliforniaScenic routeBlue Ridge ParkwayAmerica’s favorite drive, ridge to ridgeVirginiaNorth CarolinaScenic routeGreat River RoadFollow the Mississippi, source to seaMinnesotaWisconsinIowaIllinoisMissouri+5Scenic routeOverseas HighwayIsland-hopping to the end of the roadFloridaScenic routeOregon Coast HighwaySea stacks, lighthouses, and old-growth coastOregonScenic routeNatchez Trace ParkwayAn ancient path turned quiet parkwayTennesseeAlabamaMississippiScenic routeThe Loneliest Road (US-50)Big-empty Nevada, basin and rangeNevadaScenic routeGoing-to-the-Sun RoadGlacier National Park, summit to summitMontanaScenic routeMillion Dollar HighwaySan Juan Mountains, no guardrailsColoradoScenic routeSkyline DriveThe whole length of ShenandoahVirginiaScenic routeBeartooth Highway“The most beautiful drive in America”MontanaWyomingScenic routeUtah Scenic Byway 12Red rock between two national parksUtahScenic routeHana HighwayMaui’s rainforest coast, curve by curveHawaiiScenic routeHaleakalā HighwaySea level to 10,000 feet, above the cloudsHawaiiScenic routeNewfound Gap RoadAcross the Great Smoky MountainsTennesseeNorth CarolinaScenic routeKancamagus HighwayWhite Mountains, peak fall colorNew HampshireScenic routeTrail Ridge RoadThe highest continuous paved road in the U.S.ColoradoScenic routeHistoric Columbia River HighwayA corridor of waterfallsOregonScenic routeOuter Banks Scenic BywayBarrier islands, lighthouses, and ferriesNorth CarolinaScenic routeAvenue of the GiantsOld-growth redwoods, up closeCaliforniaScenic routeTail of the Dragon318 curves in 11 milesNorth CarolinaTennesseeScenic routeOak Creek CanyonFlagstaff to Sedona’s red rocksArizonaScenic routeSeward HighwayAnchorage to the sea, past glaciers and beluga waterAlaskaScenic routeSan Juan SkywayA high-country loop through Colorado’s wildest mountainsColoradoScenic routeNeedles HighwayGranite spires and one-lane tunnels in the Black HillsSouth DakotaScenic routeTioga RoadYosemite’s high country, dome to meadowCaliforniaScenic routeNorth Cascades HighwayThe “American Alps” by carWashingtonScenic routeCascade Lakes HighwayA string of volcanic lakes under the Three SistersOregonScenic routeCrater Lake Rim DriveThe deepest, bluest lake in America, all the way aroundOregonScenic routeEnchanted CircleA high-desert loop around New Mexico’s tallest peakNew MexicoScenic routeZion–Mount Carmel HighwaySwitchbacks and a mile-long tunnel out of Zion CanyonUtahScenic routeMonument Valley (US-163)The most iconic straightaway in the WestUtahArizonaScenic routeCherohala SkywayA mile-high ridge run with no crowdsTennesseeNorth CarolinaScenic routeTalimena National Scenic BywayA ridgetop run across the OuachitasOklahomaArkansasScenic routeNorth Shore Scenic DriveLake Superior’s wild Minnesota coastMinnesotaScenic routeAcadia Park Loop RoadWhere the mountains meet the sea in MaineMaineScenic routeVermont Route 100The spine of the Green MountainsVermontScenic routeRiver Road (El Camino del Rio)The Rio Grande’s wildest driveTexasScenic routeThe Lincoln Highway (US 30)America’s first coast-to-coast roadNew YorkNew JerseyPennsylvaniaOhioIndiana+7Scenic routeOlympic Peninsula Loop (US 101)Rainforest, peaks, and wild coast in one circleWashingtonScenic routePikes Peak HighwayDrive to the top of a 14,000-foot summitColoradoScenic routeTamiami Trail (US 41 Everglades)Straight through the River of GrassFloridaScenic routeMount Washington Auto RoadDrive to the roof of the NortheastNew HampshireScenic routeDenali HighwayA wild gravel byway under the Alaska RangeAlaskaScenic routeChain of Craters RoadFrom a volcano summit to the seaHawaiiScenic routeLake Tahoe LoopAll the way around the bluest alpine lakeCaliforniaNevadaScenic routeMount Blue Sky Scenic Byway (formerly Mount Evans)The highest paved road in North AmericaColoradoScenic routeThe High Road to TaosMountain villages, adobe churches, and aspen goldNew MexicoScenic routeCades Cove LoopBears, meadows, and pioneer cabins in the SmokiesTennesseeScenic routeCreole Nature TrailLouisiana’s Outback — gators, birds, and Gulf beachesLouisianaScenic routeThe Cascade LoopWashington’s mountain-to-sound circleWashingtonScenic routeHells Canyon Scenic BywayThe rim of North America’s deepest gorgeOregonScenic routeVolcanic Legacy Scenic BywayTwo volcano parks and Mount Shasta on one roadCaliforniaOregonScenic routeThe Dalton HighwayThe gravel haul road to the Arctic OceanAlaskaScenic routeSawtooth Scenic BywayTo the foot of Idaho’s jagged SawtoothsIdahoScenic routeA1A Scenic & Historic Coastal BywayFlorida’s Atlantic coast past the oldest U.S. cityFloridaScenic routeThe Mohawk TrailNew England’s oldest scenic auto roadMassachusettsScenic routeThe Extraterrestrial Highway (NV-375)The lonely desert road past Area 51Nevada
Road trips by state
Or explore state by state.
All 50 states plus Washington, D.C. have their own atlas of community nominees, events, golf, and stops worth the detour.