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Scenic drives near me

Share your location, or type a town, to see the nearest famous scenic drives from our list of 30 across the U.S., sorted by straight-line distance. Your location stays in your browser.

  1. Kancamagus Highway NH

    White Mountains hardwoods over Kancamagus Pass; famous in fall.

  2. Acadia Park Loop Road ME

    Rocky coast, Sand Beach and the Cadillac Mountain summit road.

  3. Skyline Drive VA

    The ridge road through Shenandoah National Park, lined with overlooks.

  4. Blue Ridge Parkway (Asheville section) NC

    Parkway overlooks, Craggy Gardens and the road to Mount Mitchell.

  5. Tail of the Dragon (US-129) NC/TN

    Hundreds of curves on 11 miles at Deals Gap; popular with motorcyclists.

  6. Overseas Highway FL

    US-1 across the Keys, including the Seven Mile Bridge.

  7. Natchez Trace Parkway MS/TN

    An unhurried, commercial-free parkway following a historic trail.

  8. Great River Road (Wisconsin) WI

    Mississippi bluffs and small river towns along Lake Pepin.

  9. Tunnel of Trees (M-119) MI

    A narrow lakeshore road under a hardwood canopy near Harbor Springs.

  10. Pig Trail Scenic Byway AR

    Ozark forest switchbacks, best in fall colour.

  11. Talimena National Scenic Byway OK/AR

    Ridge-top road across the Ouachita Mountains.

  12. Peak to Peak Highway CO

    Front Range views from Estes Park to Black Hawk.

Distances are straight-line, not driving distance. Seasonal roads such as Trail Ridge, Tioga, Beartooth and Going-to-the-Sun close for snow. Check the managing agency or state 511 before you go.

Turn a scenic drive into a road trip

Several of these drives anchor our full itineraries: Big Sur on the Pacific Coast Highway, Scenic Byway 12 on Utah's Mighty Five, the Kancamagus on the New England foliage loop, and Skyline Drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. For anything else, drop it into the route planner with your home town as the start.

Many of the best short drives near you won't be on any national list: a county road along a river, a ridge road above town. On OpenStreetMap, the green-dotted "scenic" road styling on some maps and your state's official scenic byways programme are good places to look.