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Great Lakes Seaway Trail Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Great Lakes Seaway Trail Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Great Lakes Seaway Trail runs 518 miles along the freshwater coastline of New York and Pennsylvania, following Lake Erie,…

Edisto Island National Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Edisto Island National Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Edisto Island National Scenic Byway covers just 17 miles, but it carries travelers through one of the quietest, least…

Door County Coastal Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Door County Coastal Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Door County Coastal Byway loops 66 miles around the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, tracing the shoreline where Lake…

Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway is less a single drive than a long, looping tour of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, running…

Cascade Loop Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Cascade Loop Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Cascade Loop is less a single road than a circuit stitched together from three of Washington’s other named byways…

Bold Coast Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Bold Coast Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Bold Coast Scenic Byway runs about 125 miles along Maine’s Downeast coast, from Milbridge to Eastport. It traces U.S.…

Big Bend Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Big Bend Scenic Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Big Bend Scenic Byway loops about 220 miles through Florida’s Panhandle, connecting Tallahassee to the Gulf Coast fishing town…

Bayshore Heritage Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Bayshore Heritage Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Bayshore Heritage Byway runs about 122 miles along New Jersey’s Delaware Bay shoreline, from Salem County south to Cape…

Alaska Marine Highway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Alaska Marine Highway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Alaska Marine Highway is the only ferry system in the country designated both a National Scenic Byway and an…

Alabama’s Coastal Connection Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Alabama’s Coastal Connection Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Alabama’s Coastal Connection Road runs about 130 miles around Mobile Bay, from Grand Bay near the Mississippi border to Daphne…

Acadia All-American Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

Acadia All-American Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The Acadia All-American Road runs about 40 miles from Trenton to Bar Harbor, Maine, crossing onto Mount Desert Island and…

A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway Road Trip: The Complete Route Guide

The A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway runs 72 miles along Florida’s Atlantic coast, from Ponte Vedra Beach south to…

Oregon Coast Road Trip Guide: Highway 101 Stops & Itinerary

Oregon Coast Road Trip Guide: Highway 101 Stops & Itinerary

Highway 101 runs 363 miles along the Oregon Coast from Astoria to Brookings, passing dozens of state parks and public…

Florida Keys Road Trip Guide: Overseas Highway Stops & Itinerary

Florida Keys Road Trip Guide: Overseas Highway Stops & Itinerary

The Overseas Highway runs about 165 miles from Miami to Key West, connecting a chain of islands by more than…

Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide: Routes, Stops & Itinerary

Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide: Routes, Stops & Itinerary

Pacific Coast Highway runs about 655 miles along the California coast from San Francisco to San Diego, passing through redwood…