# The best road trips in the USA

America's most celebrated drives, from coastal highways to mountain byways, as ranked by AAA, Reader's Digest and road-trip bloggers.

- 742 votes · 16 items
- Nov 18, 2025 · the_wayfarer
- https://even.best/en/l/75/the-best-road-trips-in-the-usa

## Top 15

1. **Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1)** (70 · ▲82 ▼12) — Big Sur cliffs, Bixby Creek Bridge and elephant seals between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
2. **Route 66** (63 · ▲65 ▼2) — The 'Mother Road' from Chicago to Santa Monica, about 2,400 miles of diners, neon motels and ghost towns.
3. **Blue Ridge Parkway** (55 · ▲58 ▼3) — 469 miles along the Appalachian ridges of Virginia and North Carolina, spectacular in autumn.
4. **Utah Scenic Byway 12** (39 · ▲45 ▼6) — All-American Road linking Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef across the 'Hogback' ridge.
5. **Red Rock Scenic Byway (Arizona)** (38 · ▲42 ▼4) — Short drive through Sedona's red sandstone buttes, topped Lake.com's 2025 scenic drive ranking.
6. **Oregon Coast Highway (US 101)** (38 · ▲41 ▼3) — 363 miles of sea stacks, lighthouses and Cannon Beach's Haystack Rock.
7. **Going-to-the-Sun Road** (36 · ▲52 ▼16) — 50-mile engineering marvel across Glacier National Park over Logan Pass.
8. **Overseas Highway (Florida Keys)** (36 · ▲39 ▼3) — 113 miles of road and 42 bridges island-hopping from Miami to Key West, including the Seven Mile Bridge.
9. **Kancamagus Highway (New Hampshire)** (24 · ▲31 ▼7) — 34 miles through the White Mountains, the classic New England fall foliage drive.
10. **Great River Road** (22 · ▲33 ▼11) — Follows the Mississippi for about 3,000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
11. **Las Vegas Strip at night** (22 · ▲27 ▼5) — The neon boulevard is a designated National Scenic Byway when driven after dark.
12. **Road to Hana (Maui)** (20 · ▲30 ▼10) — 64 miles with around 600 curves and 50 one-lane bridges past waterfalls and black-sand beaches.
13. **Tail of the Dragon (US 129)** (18 · ▲22 ▼4) — 318 curves in 11 miles at Deals Gap on the Tennessee–North Carolina border, a motorcyclists' favourite.
14. **Beartooth Highway (Montana–Wyoming)** (17 · ▲22 ▼5) — Climbs to 10,947 feet with switchbacks and alpine lakes on the way to Yellowstone's northeast entrance.
15. **Trail Ridge Road (Colorado)** (15 · ▲24 ▼9) — Highest continuous paved road in the US, crossing Rocky Mountain National Park at 12,183 feet.
16. **Acadia All-American Road (Maine)** (15 · ▲22 ▼7) — Park Loop Road around Mount Desert Island, with Cadillac Mountain and Thunder Hole.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.