Iconic USA Drives....List Your Favorite

"million Dollar Highway" Hwy 550 Durango to Ouray, Colorado

To piggy-back gbopp...US-287

fanrgs wrote:
U.S. 191 from Pinedale, Wyoming to Bozeman, Montana...

Another vote for US-191, but for the whole route from Douglas, AZ to the Canadian border. It starts in the desert, goes through the White Mountains in Eastern Arizona, goes through the redrock country from Bluff to Moab, UT. It winds its way through Vernal, UT and Flaming Gorge before reaching the section described by fanrgs and then continues on through Montana to the Canadian border.

There are many beautiful drives but the Overseas Highway (US 1) from Key Largo to Key West is one of my favorites.

U.S. 191 from Pinedale, Wyoming to Bozeman, Montana. That segment includes Jackson, Grand Teton NP, Jackson Lake, Yellowstone NP, Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful, West Yellowstone, and Big Sky. It also includes the Continental Divide and the Green, Snake, Firehole, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers, i.e., headwaters of major tributaries of the Colorado, Columbia, and Missouri Rivers. It can be driven in a day, but you could easily spend two weeks going the same distance, especially if you are a fly fisherman with an RV!

LOL Pawatt! You listed THREE! Cheater, cheater!

I've got to agree, they're all great roads. I'd forgotten about the north shore of Superior. My first time up there was in June '95 I think. It was 105F! We'd stopped and spent the night at my brother's home in Minneapolis the night before heading out for it. It was over 100F there too. Of course he said that was unheard of but reassured us that once we got past Duluth it would be cool. NOT! The (very) little breeze that we felt was headed out to the lake, so even 50 feet from the shoreline it was sweltering heat. Some places inland were reporting 108F!

All of Highway 101 along the Oregon Coast.

US Highway 61 from Duluth MN to Thunder Bay Canada. Cliffs, waterfalls & Lake Superior.

Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park. Allow a full day & stop at the historic lodges.

Oh my! Hard to pick just one, but I'd have to say the Beartooth Highway from Red Lodge, MT to Yellowstone's NE gate. http://beartoothhighway.com

My late wife and I traveled it during the first of many camping trips together. It's a beautiful drive. Some don't recommend driving it in a motorhome, but that's exactly what we did, and we enjoyed it going into the Park so much that we took the same route back home after visiting Yellowstone and surrounding areas.