Most enjoyable drives in the U.S.?

[True Dough]

What routes give you the most pleasure? Not limited to interstates, but any secondary highway or any scenic route.

[samnsara]

1. any place where there are no cliffs or curvy mtn roads

[randr]

2. The quality of life is directly proportional

to how far away from an Internet exchange you live.
General rule of thumb when exploring for cool people and places.

[spooky3]

3. The Geo. Washington Parkway, along the Potomac River nt

[Lochloosa]

4. US 98 from Pensacola down the west coast of Florida.

Take a left after Panama city when you feel like it and get lost in the most undeveloped area of Florida except maybe the glades. Just watch out for the bears and gators.

[bahboo]

5. US 1 in Big Sur....

hell, even a lot of the 101 north of Santa Barbara is great....

[NNadir]

14. I agree.

[ripcord]

6. Route 50 in Nevada

The Loneliest Road in America.

[Harker]

22. I loved that road in Nevada and Utah.

I was told to bring a book, and that it would be boring.

Ha. It was absolutely wonderful.

[bluedigger]

7. The Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray, Colorado is good.

One of the most scenic or dangerous drives in the US, depending on your personal tastes.

[MuseRider]

12. Scary but beautiful.

I love both of those places. We saw a big horse trailer lose a tire on one of those trips. It bounced past us and off the cliff. I always wondered what happened to them, hard to change a tire on that road.

[Corgigal]

8. I always loved Bear Mountain New York.

Yes, West Point is close but I never went that way.

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[Lulu Latech]

9. The Cascade Loop

Route 2 from the Seattle/Everett area over the mountains and then North through Lake Chelan, Twisp and Winthrop and back West over Route 20 To Mt Vernon. We don't usually do the Whidbey Island Part and do that for a one day car trip. Equally as beautiful. We usually do it every few years but start out in Mt Vernon and end in Everett. It's gorgeous!

https://www.cascadeloop.com/

[secondwind]

10. Pacific coast Highway...... breathtaking!!

[MuseRider]

11. Buena Vista, Co.

to Telluride. Gunnison is great, so many different areas along the way.

Telluride was our end spot but that was a long time ago. I do not think it is even close to the same now.

[elleng]

13. MD/DC to VT/NH

via I-91 +

[markie]

15. have traveled that too many times to count

nice but I-93 through Franconia Notch and south is pretty spectacular (and over to the Kancamagus Pass is a real treat)

[elleng]

16. THANKS! Will try to use your suggestions,

IF/WHEN I do it again!

[Ocelot II]

17. Wisconsin State Highway 35 along the Mississippi.

AKA the Great River Road. Really beautiful scenery. https://www.wigrr.com/travel-the-byway/

[yellowdogintexas]

18. The Beartooth Highway in Montana and Wyoming

It starts in Red Lodge, Montana and dips down into Wyoming, ending up in Cooke City at the Northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

It is a beautiful drive with a very diverse ecosystem and extraordinary mountain views.

go here http://beartoothhighway.com/ Watch the video.

I have driven it twice from Cody to Yellowstone, both times in September. I would love to drive it in the spring or summer.

[markie]

19. Blue Ridge Parkway for starters...

I had the great fortune of driving throughout the U.S, for work for 12 years and I've got a number of favorites!

101 down the coast of California through the Redwoods!

Route 2 Wisconsin to the Mackinac Bridge

Route 10 Mississippi to Texas

70 west from Denver (stop off at Fruita and go to Rattlesnake Canyon!!! beauty of Moab w/o the crowds)

84 from Utah up along the Columbia River (stop at Craters of the Moon!!)

Highway 24 Kansas, Lawrence to Manhattan (or any route through the Kansas Prairie-- beautiful!)

many, many more....

[denbot]

20. PCH from Morro Bay north till it joins the 101 through Washington.

For me the runner up is the 395 between Carson City Nevada, to Lone Pine CA. The latter was my fav in a semi truck.

[electric_blue68]

21. Different sights for different people: June, July - Highway 89...

going north (and slightly eastward) from Flagstaff, AZ particularly for NE, East Coast, and Southerners for major, and stunning geographical, and wearher change experiences.

Some differences from my experience in 79 mostly in town, city size.

Flagstaff which has typical decideous trees you'll head upwards into the lower heights of
the San Francisco Peaks [Nuvaʼtukyaʼovi – (Hopi) (Nuvaʼtukyaʼovi, which means “place-of-snow-on-the-very-top”)] where you'll find more conferous trees. As you
descend they'll thin out. To your NEE you'll see more and more scrub. You'll see color changes and more rock, and high desert colors, and formations appear in the distance: ochers, rust oranges, grayed pale purples etc. which you will then ride through. Eventually you'll see a small (?) village called Cameron then cross a modest metal bridge that strides over The Little Colorado River usually and as we - (me & a friend) saw it - in it's usual dry bed condition. If you keep going you hit 160 eastward, then Tuba City, and 264 - S, SE which will take you to, through the Hopi Three Mesas.

Even if you just double back after crossing Little Colorado you'll have encountered stunning changes within this terrain, and the kind of landscapes we from the locations listed at the top are so different from.

[Harker]

23. Cty Rd. 43 from my former home in Drake, CO to Estes Park.

The view of Long's Peak and Mt. Meeker as you top a little rise near EP is magnificent.

I never got tired of that view.

[BluesRunTheGame]

24. I-15 from the Canadian border to California and I-70 from Denver to I-15.

...and like someone mentioned up thread, US-50 across Utah and Nevada.