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Best Road Trips to Take Across the United States

America's most legendary driving routes — from Pacific Coast Highway to Route 66 — ranked by scenery, stops, and adventure.

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Texas Hill Country Loop

Texas Hill Country Loop

Central Texas's rolling hills, wildflower highways, spring-fed swimming holes, and charming German-Texan towns like Fredericksburg make the Hill Country loop one of America's most underrated road trip routes.

Steady·Score +18
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Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1), California

Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1), California

The most scenic drive in America winds 655 miles along dramatic sea cliffs from San Francisco to Los Angeles, passing Big Sur, Hearst Castle, Santa Barbara, and Malibu's legendary beaches.

Steady·Score +15
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Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington

Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington

The Columbia River Gorge Scenic Highway passes 77 documented waterfalls in a basalt canyon carved by cataclysmic ice age floods — including the 620-foot Multnomah Falls, Oregon's most visited natural site.

Steady·Score +15
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Route 66: Chicago to Los Angeles

Route 66: Chicago to Los Angeles

The 'Mother Road' crosses 8 states and 2,400 miles of quintessential Americana — neon diners, Western ghost towns, Painted Desert, and the Cadillac Ranch. The greatest road trip in American mythology.

Steady·Score +15
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Utah Mighty 5 National Parks Loop

Utah Mighty 5 National Parks Loop

Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Zion form the most concentrated collection of surreal red rock landscapes on Earth — an epic loop drivable in 7-10 days from Salt Lake City.

Steady·Score +15
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Alaska Highway (Dawson Creek to Fairbanks)

The 1,387-mile ALCAN highway through the Canadian and Alaskan wilderness is the most remote and wild drive in North America — passing caribou herds, grizzly bears, and the Northern Lights.

Steady·Score +12
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Great River Road (Mississippi River, Illinois to Louisiana)

Great River Road (Mississippi River, Illinois to Louisiana)

Following the Mississippi River from its headwaters to New Orleans passes plantation houses, Civil War battlefields, blues music towns, and the vast, wild wetlands of the river's delta.

Steady·Score +7
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New England Fall Foliage Loop

New England Fall Foliage Loop

Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine's country highways explode in crimson and gold each October. The Kancamagus Highway and Vermont Route 100 are among the world's most celebrated autumn drives.

Steady·Score +5
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Overseas Highway to Key West

Overseas Highway to Key West

Drive into the sunset across 42 bridges spanning the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico — one of the world's most unique road experiences leading to America's most laid-back island destination.

Steady·Score +5
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Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana

One of the most stunning mountain roads on Earth cuts across the Continental Divide through Glacier's alpine wilderness. Open only in summer, it demands driving the 50-mile traverse at least once.

Steady·Score +4
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Florida Keys Overseas Highway

Florida Keys Overseas Highway

US-1 stretches 113 miles from Miami to Key West over a series of bridges and causeways connecting the emerald waters of the Florida Keys — ending at the Southernmost Point in the continental US.

Steady·Score +3
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Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia to North Carolina)

Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia to North Carolina)

America's most-visited national parkway weaves 469 miles through the Appalachian Highlands past misty mountains, wildflower meadows, and historic Appalachian communities in fall foliage season.

Steady·Score +3
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