Best of Road Pictures

[formulanone]

Made a trip to Yosemite Valley this morning to get a visit in before the summer reservation BS starts.  Things were super green, and it got pretty overcast which led to a decent photo haul.

So no park reservation is required before summer begins?

[Max Rockatansky]

Made a trip to Yosemite Valley this morning to get a visit in before the summer reservation BS starts.  Things were super green, and it got pretty overcast which led to a decent photo haul.

So no park reservation is required before summer begins?

This year they start June 15th and go to August 15th.  The hours of enforcement are 6 AM to 2 PM.  I can easily beat that 6 AM start time but my wife isn't keen on getting up and on the road so early:

https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/reservations.htm

As an aside, the Coulterville Road (high clearance) doesn't have anyone enforcing even the park entrance fee.  I believe this is also the case on Chowchilla Mountain Road (another high clearance road) but I'm unclear if there is a gate at the park boundary.  I might have better insight soon as I plan to drive Chowchilla Mountain Road this summer.

[Max Rockatansky]

Some photos from Chowchilla Mountain Road.  This was a stage road between Mariposa and Wawona constructed in 1870.  I'm unclear if it goes all the way to Yosemite National Park since I stopped at Battalion Pass.  This road is pretty badass and haggard for something maintained by a county (Mariposa County).  I needed AWD even in dry conditions a couple times and there was no way a car was getting much past the "impassable NOV-MAY" sign.  I'll be trying a hike from the Wawona Hotel west along this road to Battalion Pass in the Fall.

IMG_9393 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_9404 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Apparently, this is the head of the East Fork Chowchilla River.

IMG_9419 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_9448 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Preston Road (Mariposa County)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_9490 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_9493 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Raynor Ranch Road straddling the Mariposa County and Merced County line.  This is one of the few identifiable roadways left which was part of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road (established circa 1853).

IMG_9561 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


West Westfall Road (Mariposa)

IMG_9579 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

The Kearney Boulevard Arch in Fresno (constructed in 1933).

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

Breckenridge Road (Kern County Road 218 portion)

IMG_9905 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Breckenridge Road (Sequoia National Forest Route 83 portion)

IMG_0009 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0012 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0028 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0047 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0057 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0067 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Caliente Creek Road (Kern County Road 487)

IMG_0211 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0222 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0246 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Caliente-Bodfish Road (Kern County Road 483)

IMG_0272 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Rothman]

Tour road in Shiloh National Battlefield on way to Pittsburg Landing

[Rothman]

Brick old US 66 near Auburn, IL:

[Max Rockatansky]

Pole Line Road in Fresno County at the Merced County line. 

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Pole Line Road in Merced County.

IMG_0571 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

CA 165 along Mercey Springs Road at I-5.

IMG_0580 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Crystal Cave Road in Sequoia National Park.

IMG_0327 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0368 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

California State Route 1 Business on North Fremont Street in Monterey.

1CABLa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

CA 1 northbound looping over itself at CA 17 in Santa Cruz.

IMG_0672 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0680 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Upper Zayante Road (Santa Cruz Mountains)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Bear Creek Road (Santa Cruz Mountains)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_0951 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[bandit957]

I'm including this because it's also the closest thing I have to a senior photo:

https://facesandplaces.kentonlibrary.org/viewimage.php?i=di11235&x=f

This is a newspaper photo in which I happened to appear.

[Rothman]

US 412 near Fairview, OK:



Black Mesa Road in far western Cimarron County, OK:



Well, this is Max Rockatansky's idea of a road, anyway.  It's the trail up Black Mesa in Oklahoma, Oklahoma's highest point:

[Max Rockatansky]

Ironically, you're onto something with my idea of what a remote mountainous road is...

A private portion of Redwood Drive in Tulare County approaching the Stagg Tree:

IMG_1098 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_1131 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

The Tulare County Mountain Road 216 portion of Redwood Drive entering the small community of Sequoia Crest:

IMG_1061 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


CA 190 in the Tule River Canyon.

IMG_1012 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_1013 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

IMG_1016 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Western Divide Highway (Tulare County Mountain Road 107)

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Parker Pass Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 50)

IMG_1330 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


California Hot Springs Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 56)

IMG_1364 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr


Old Control Road (Tulare County Mountain Road 52)

IMG_1368 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr