Scenic Drives
Natchez Trace Parkway: Scenic Drive from Nashville to Natchez
444 miles tracing an ancient path from Nashville to Natchez. Post riders, Kaintuck boatmen, and armies once walked this route. Now you drive it.
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Rim Drive: Scenic Drive around Crater Lake
33 miles around America's deepest lake. The caldera of a collapsed volcano, filled with water so blue it looks unnatural.
Park Loop Road: Scenic Drive around Acadia
27 miles around Acadia's Mount Desert Island. Rocky coastline, glacial lakes, and Cadillac Mountain, where the sun rises first.
Trail Ridge Road: Scenic Drive through Rocky Mountain National Park
The highest continuous paved road in the United States. 48 miles across Rocky Mountain National Park, cresting at 12,183 feet.
Famous roads through America's national parks
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Discover your perfect parkTioga Road: Scenic Drive through Yosemite
Yosemite's high country highway. 39 miles through granite domes, alpine lakes, and the vast meadows of Tuolumne, cresting at 9,945 feet.
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Scenic Drive to Glacier National Park
50 miles across Glacier National Park, climbing to Logan Pass on the Continental Divide. One of America's most dramatic mountain roads.
Generals Highway: Scenic Drive between Sequoia and Kings Canyon
46 miles connecting Sequoia and Kings Canyon through the largest trees on Earth. Named for General Sherman and General Grant, the giants at either end.
Blue Ridge Parkway: Scenic Drive from Shenandoah to Great Smoky Mountains
469 miles connecting Shenandoah to Great Smoky Mountains. America's longest linear park, built during the Depression, threading through Appalachian highlands.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway: Scenic Drive from Grand Teton to Yellowstone
The 27-mile corridor connecting Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Wild country between two icons, named for the man who donated the land.
Beartooth Highway: Scenic Drive to Yellowstone
68 miles from Red Lodge to Yellowstone's northeast entrance. Twenty switchbacks, 10,947 feet at the pass, and what Charles Kuralt called 'the most beautiful drive in America.'