It would have to be for me HI 200.
Blackrock Road by a mille:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskUFdcXy
Basically it has it all if you're looking for a bat shit crazy road...
One-lane steel grated bridges:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2754/32636789990_28874e86a5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15BG)5 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15BG) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/701/32977117096_c792f4ca3f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m1q)6 (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m1q) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Weird signs:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/663/32636789330_a4e6d9ca60_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15qj)8 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15qj) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2064/32977115986_e34aa55103_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5kFh)13 (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5kFh) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/277/32636788660_833503e195_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15dL)17 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15dL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/32636786810_bf31aac875_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14ES)27 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14ES) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
One-lane wooden bridges:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/33018722495_4fc1b10dc2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT)21 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2782/32636786020_e1d1edd277_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14rf)28 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14rf) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
And of course scenery:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/503/33018722115_dc8c3d4861_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzJk)22 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzJk) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2783/33018721525_76d6b9a52b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzya)24 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzya) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2396/33018721595_5e89fac55d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzzn)26 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzzn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/33018720015_325de8412a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKz78)30 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKz78) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2206/33018719185_f18fc2609a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKyRP)31 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKyRP) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Watch out or it will take your head off:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2427/33018723625_281a308ef0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn)12 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
First thing that popped into my head was Trollstigen in Norway...rode down this in a full size tour bus. To give an idea of how it is driven, the second picture is taken through the side window mid-way along the bus.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fphotos%2Ftroll2.jpg&hash=0f7a6a8e8978351e45783c9133566f936d33fa81)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fphotos%2Ftroll3.jpg&hash=37d07124703bb62fd4a92643d9fa17bd822270cc)
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 21, 2017, 07:15:41 PM
It would have to be for me HI 200.
Nice, but not exotic at all.
HI 360 (the curvaceous Hana Highway on Maui, most with a posted 15mph speed limit) is much more exotic. But the Trollstigen in Norway has that beat, even without the Hana's abundant tropical foliage and waterfalls.
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 21, 2017, 07:15:41 PM
It would have to be for me HI 200.
Nice, but not exotic at all.
HI 360 (the curvaceous Hana Highway on Maui, most with a posted 15mph speed limit) is much more exotic. But the Trollstigen in Norway has that beat, even without the Hana's abundant tropical foliage and waterfalls.
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
Trollstigen definitely has no tropical foliage, but does have a waterfall...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fphotos%2Ftroll6.jpg&hash=6cba0425ebd9b67a9b2e63a8438fde5d553ba9b7)
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 21, 2017, 07:15:41 PM
It would have to be for me HI 200.
Nice, but not exotic at all.
HI 360 (the curvaceous Hana Highway on Maui, most with a posted 15mph speed limit) is much more exotic. But the Trollstigen in Norway has that beat, even without the Hana's abundant tropical foliage and waterfalls.
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
I am not exactly a person who has "Traveled the world".
Would the Tail of the Dragon or Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive count for this thread? Being an east coaster its the best I can come up with.
For me it's whatever the "ring road" around St. Lucia is called. We were on a good part of the west side of it in 2015.
In the US, the Hana and Piilani Highways, south and west from Hana until the Kamole Gulch. The road from the Twin Falls to Hana is curvy, but at least it's two lanes (except for the bridges).
In the UK, the A82 from Tarbet to Crianlarich, Scotland (which has since been partly upgraded). Honorable mentions: Old Frome Road east of Wells, England, and the A259 from Hastings to Brenzett, England.
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
HI 360 (the curvaceous Hana Highway on Maui, most with a posted 15mph speed limit) is much more exotic.
I have driven this road in 2000, including the 'prohibited' portion which was unpaved. (I'm not sure if that area has since been paved.) It was a beautiful, scenic area, especially where traffic doesn't travel very often since rental agreements prohibited travel in the area.
On that note, I have also driven up to Mauna Kea, which also involves driving on unpaved surfaces...12,000 feet above sea level, with no guardrails on the hairpin turns. Then again, that wasn't exotic...that was frightening! LOL But, making it to the top was well worth it.
As for me directly - I've travelled extensively in North America but that's it. I can't think of much exotic in the areas I've been in.
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
Yep. In my case, I'd define it as "farthest from home", in which case it would be one of several highways in Iceland (such as my avatar, my one and only clinched route outside the USA). Truthfully the roads themselves weren't that unusual, outside of pavement markings and signs I'm not used to. Much more exotic in terms of the surrounding scenery, really.
HI 550 has to be for me. Great mountain road ride on the island of Kauai. Didn't drive it (I was 12), but the views were breathtaking until you got up to over 3000 feet and you hit the clouds and rain.
Mouse's Tank Road in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. With the stunning red rocks climbing on either side of the road and temperatures climbing past 120°F, it felt like another planet.
NC 12 south of Whalebone Junction feels exotic in a way that I can't quite put my finger on. It feels primordial somehow; the interaction of the endless oceans and the sands of time that lay waste to your notion of permanence.
I guess I'd define "exotic" as being the most unusual scenery I've encountered. Waimea Canyon Road on Kauai crossed my mind, but I think instead the roads that really stand out in my memory are the ones in southeastern Utah around the Valley of the Gods area, including the Moki Dugway and US-163.
I didn't drive it, since it was on a family vacation and I was less than 10 at the time, but I've been to the top of Mt. Evans in Colorado, which I'm told is the highest paved road in North America.
Quote from: slorydn1 on November 22, 2017, 03:18:20 AM
Would the Tail of the Dragon or Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive count for this thread? Being an east coaster its the best I can come up with.
I was going to say Skyline Drive myself, being it's different from the Midwest roads I am used to. I was there in 2001.
If you're just looking for scenery, my most exotic road recently is the Stevens Canyon Road in Mt. Rainier National Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInY73_EWN0
Quote from: Eth on November 22, 2017, 08:26:51 AM
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
Yep. In my case, I'd define it as "farthest from home", in which case it would be one of several highways in Iceland (such as my avatar, my one and only clinched route outside the USA). Truthfully the roads themselves weren't that unusual, outside of pavement markings and signs I'm not used to. Much more exotic in terms of the surrounding scenery, really.
The definition in this thread is furthest and most physically different from your home.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 22, 2017, 05:31:36 PM
Quote from: Eth on November 22, 2017, 08:26:51 AM
Quote from: oscar on November 21, 2017, 08:51:37 PM
I guess it's how you define "exotic" (not specified by the OP).
Yep. In my case, I'd define it as "farthest from home", in which case it would be one of several highways in Iceland (such as my avatar, my one and only clinched route outside the USA). Truthfully the roads themselves weren't that unusual, outside of pavement markings and signs I'm not used to. Much more exotic in terms of the surrounding scenery, really.
The definition in this thread is furthest and most physically different from your home.
Too many to name.
Farthest from my home, driving a rental car on I-85 in Georgia and the Carolinas I guess.
I like the scenery definition better :)
Quote from: kkt on November 22, 2017, 06:33:59 PM
Farthest from my home, driving a rental car on I-85 in Georgia and the Carolinas I guess.
I like the scenery definition better :)
Fine, scenic. This is so damn confusing, I thought I knew what exotic meant!
Skippers Canyon Road in New Zealand
For the best scenery, I have these:
Going to the Sun Road
US-191 near Moab
US-89 east of Logan
I-15, Virgin River Gorge
I-70, Glenwood Canyon (really anything between Denver and Grand Jct)
AZ 89A, Oak Creek Canyon
UT 9, Zion NP
For simply farthest from my home, it's some road in Bermuda.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 22, 2017, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: kkt on November 22, 2017, 06:33:59 PM
Farthest from my home, driving a rental car on I-85 in Georgia and the Carolinas I guess.
I like the scenery definition better :)
Fine, scenic. This is so damn confusing, I thought I knew what exotic meant!
Well, I suppose I could argue that K Street NW between 15 and 16 Streets, or M Street NW between 18 and 19, is the most "exotic" road I use regularly. They're "exotic" because of the "dancers" employed at Archibald's and Camelot. :-P
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 21, 2017, 08:27:59 PM
Blackrock Road by a mille:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskUFdcXy
Basically it has it all if you're looking for a bat shit crazy road...
One-lane steel grated bridges:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2754/32636789990_28874e86a5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15BG)5 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15BG) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/701/32977117096_c792f4ca3f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m1q)6 (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m1q) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Weird signs:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/663/32636789330_a4e6d9ca60_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15qj)8 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15qj) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2064/32977115986_e34aa55103_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5kFh)13 (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5kFh) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/277/32636788660_833503e195_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15dL)17 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ15dL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/32636786810_bf31aac875_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14ES)27 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14ES) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
One-lane wooden bridges:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/33018722495_4fc1b10dc2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT)21 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzQT) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2782/32636786020_e1d1edd277_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14rf)28 (https://flic.kr/p/RJ14rf) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
And of course scenery:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/503/33018722115_dc8c3d4861_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzJk)22 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzJk) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2783/33018721525_76d6b9a52b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzya)24 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzya) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2396/33018721595_5e89fac55d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzzn)26 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKzzn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/33018720015_325de8412a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKz78)30 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKz78) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2206/33018719185_f18fc2609a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKyRP)31 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKyRP) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Watch out or it will take your head off:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2427/33018723625_281a308ef0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn)12 (https://flic.kr/p/SiKAbn) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
"Slippery Bridge" haha I love that!
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 23, 2017, 11:15:31 AM
Well, I suppose I could argue that K Street NW between 15 and 16 Streets, or M Street NW between 18 and 19, is the most "exotic" road I use regularly. They're "exotic" because of the "dancers" employed at Archibald's and Camelot. :-P
Well.....in that case, an "exotic" road could be taken to mean any road that's been stripped down to its ballast -- or bare earth! :)
Quote from: epzik8 on November 23, 2017, 12:35:00 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 21, 2017, 08:27:59 PM
Blackrock Road by a mille:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskUFdcXy
Basically it has it all if you're looking for a bat shit crazy road...
"Slippery Bridge" haha I love that!
At least it was an accurate warning. :rolleyes: The precise directional signage is a hoot also:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2381/32977117206_588faf61de_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m3j)4 (https://flic.kr/p/Sf5m3j) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Well, I've driven roughly 6000 miles in México over the last 16 years, plus nearly 1000 by bus.
Of those, the most exotic road would probably be the 38 miles between Coah-105 and the village of La Constancia (https://goo.gl/maps/M3s86Q3sGMq) in 2016.
Three hours of this:
(https://i.imgur.com/C6sUR84.png)
Some of which included driving along creek beds:
(https://i.imgur.com/sqarB18.png)
And occasional fun through high standing water:
(https://i.imgur.com/X1bjnLq.png)
I'm going to give two answers. One is AZ 88, the Apache Highway. That's a pretty creepy route.. Well, at least to my wife and daughter. I was having a blast driving what I consider the most scenic road I've ever been on.
My second answer will be what I consider the most exotic road in my state, and that is the La Rue - Pine HIlls Rd. in far southern Illinois (across the Mississippi River from Cap Girardeau, MO.) I was once looking at my Illinois Atlas, and saw in the Shawnee Hills, a twisty, bendy route that looked like it belonged in Colorado or Montana, and I decided that I have to drive that route. I was not disappointed. Switchbacks, hills, lush forests, and some amazing views of the Mississippi River.
Unfortunately the road is closed in the middle due to washouts from the rain last year, and the forest service hasn't gotten the money to fix it.
Quote from: inkyatari on December 04, 2017, 03:34:45 PM
My second answer will be what I consider the most exotic road in my state, and that is the La Rue - Pine HIlls Rd. in far southern Illinois (across the Mississippi River from Cap Girardeau, MO.) I was once looking at my Illinois Atlas, and saw in the Shawnee Hills, a twisty, bendy route that looked like it belonged in Colorado or Montana, and I decided that I have to drive that route. I was not disappointed. Switchbacks, hills, lush forests, and some amazing views of the Mississippi River.
That part of the state has some great scenic roads, I must say. Lick Creek Road, Mill Creek—Dongola Road, Tick Ridge Road, Makanda Road, Old US-51... So many great drives!