Most Scenic Route

[SSOWorld]

Minnesota Highway 61/Ontario Highway 61, Ontario Highway 17 are my picks for the Most Scenic Highway.
Both of them hug the coast of Lake Superior which creates a really beautiful view!

excellent pick sir!

[ComputerGuy]

US 101 from WA-CA, very scenic

[Scott5114]

OK-19 west of Apache or so is pretty nice. Very isolated.

[oldparoadgeek]

Wow; ok I'll try to keep it to under 10 as I have traveled quite extensively across the country   and have been on quite a few very scenic routes.

US 101:  Exiting Waldo Tunnel towards Golden Gate Bridge CA
I 70:      West of Denver CO to Grand Junction CO and thru almost its
             length of Utah
CA 1       Big Sur, 'nuff said
CA 88     Jackson CA E. thru the Sierras
I 80        Sacramento CA  thru CA NV  and UT
I 81        Wilkes Barre PA S. thru VA;; nice rural scenery,  if you can see
              thru the trucks
US 11&15 Sunbury PA to Camp Hill PA; Very pretty route along the
              Susquehanna River, Would be very relaxing except too much
              traffic.
I 88         Binghamton NY to Albany NY  Very scenic route thru farmland
              and low mountains. Very little traffic, at least not 3 years ago
              when I was last there.
US 30      Gettysburg PA to Pittsburgh PA  Pretty route thru mountains of
              So. PA; also route of the Lincoln Highway.
I 91         JCT. I 89 to VT. MA border, Very scenic route thru SE VT.  Its
              probably just as nice N. of I 89  but I have not been on that
              part of the highway.

OK  thats 10 and I will stop there altho there are many more.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

My experiences say: (not in order)

US 322                  Harrisburg to State College, PA

US 1                     Calais to Bath, ME

MN 61                   Duluth to Canadian Border, MN

I-70                     Grand Junction, CO, to Fort Cove, UT (I drove Denver to Grand Junction at night...  )

I-35                     outside Duluth, MN

I-93                     in NH

I-80                    central PA

[corco]

I'm going with Washington SR 129/Oregon Route 3 from Anatone to Enterprise

Sweeping Canyons like this abound



I also like Idaho 55 along the Payette River a lot and Washington State Route 31 from Metaline Falls to the border, which is a short but gorgeous segment

[corco]

It's insanely fun to drive in a small car too. Make sure you hit it up once you get your license, but make sure you're in the correct vehicle. I did it once in a Jeep Liberty and it was just kind of a hassle but I did it once in a little Dodge Colt Turbo hatchback and that was a bucket of fun hitting those twisties. I really want to do it in a motorcycle at some point

[Freewayjim]

This is pretty scenic, I just remixed this video for those who may have seen it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC6v80530tc

[ComputerGuy]

Nice video...are ya doin' WA-20 anytime soon? 400 miles from bays to ferry to forests to mountains to plains to more forests to civilization. It passes by the Grand Coulee Dam.

[Freewayjim]

Nice video...are ya doin' WA-20 anytime soon? 400 miles from bays to ferry to forests to mountains to plains to more forests to civilization. It passes by the Grand Coulee Dam.

Probably not in my lifetime

I'd be thrilled just to get to Seattle once.

[ComputerGuy]

Taylorrick has a couple Seattle videos

[Voyager]

I-81 near the Blue Ridge Mountains.

[Chris]

Talimena Drive in Oklahoma looks pretty exciting:

[corco]

US-16 from Buffalo to Worland, Wyo. I don't have any photos but I remember riding on it with my Dad back in 2001 and it was amazing.

[Voyager]

Talimena Drive in Oklahoma looks pretty exciting:

Wow that is beautiful. Oklahoma?

[Bryant5493]

Here's a video I made of me driving along South Fulton Parkway, which is signed with several different highway numbers (SR 14 Connector, US 29 Alternate/SR 14 Alternate and SR 70) along its westerly jaunt to the Chattahoochee River and the Douglas County, Georgia line.

The original music was provided by "The Man in Black;" however, there were some issues with the copyright, so I had to do an audio swap.

Anyway, enjoy the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrELFAyHwQ


Be well,

Bryant

[Freewayjim]

Here is another scenic route in Northern New Hampshire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGc4ImAwDS8

[Chris]

Wow that is beautiful. Oklahoma?

Yeah, Oklahoma is not only about the "winds sweeping down the plains". 

In fact, I've read somewhere it's considered one of the most diverse states.

[RipFoonman]

I just registered today - this is a great forum.  I've been fortunate to have traveled in all of the "lower 48" states, I could list quite a few great roads.  Two that stood out for me are the Blue Ridge Parkway (its entire length of 470 miles from I-64 in Virginia to its southern terminus right near Cherokee, North Carolina.  Another great road - and one that's very lightly traveled, is West Virginia State Highway 20, from its junction with I-79 south of Fairmont, to its southern end near Princeton and Bluefield.  Great winding two-lane road, well-paved, lightly traveled.  It's particularly great if you drive a sports car.

[Marc]

I can't believe nobody's thought about U.S. 163 through Monument Valley, UT/AZ.

[Voyager]

Omg, I can't believe I forgot that! One of the places I've always wanted to go...

[DrZoidberg]

Two I can't believe have yet to be mentioned.

I-84 through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon, gorgeous drive.

The "road to Hana" on the island of Maui.  It take half a day to get to what's a disappointing tourist trap, but what a drive!

[Stephane Dumas]

in Quebec, you have
-TCH-20 from Levis to Riviere-du-Loup there some nice views of the St-Lawrence River
-PQ-155 who follow the St-Maurice River from Shawinigan to La Tuque
-PQ-132 between Champlain bridge and Lafontaine tunnel you have a good view of the Montreal skyline
-Avenue Royale (PQ-360) between Quebec City and Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré, lots of historical houses along this highway

[bugo]

Talimena Drive in Oklahoma looks pretty exciting:

Wow that is beautiful. Oklahoma?

About 1/3 is in AR, the rest in OK.  I literally grew up at the end of the drive and have driven it many times.  It's a lot of fun in the right car, but if you aren't familiar with the road be careful or you'll end up running off the side of the mountain.  An underrated scenic drive in the area is US 259 from its northern end to Broken Bow.

Other nice drives are I-40 across eastern Tennessee, US 441 through the Smoky Mountains, US 1 through the Keys.

[Bryant5493]

The East-West Connector, between South Hurt and Fontaine Roads, is pretty scenic.

East-West Connector:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPyL0Z4KtSc


Be well,

Bryant