Driving roads
Driven, and on the list
The roads we've driven, the road-trip list from the file on a map, and roads suggested by others. Distances are approximate.
Driven
Roads we've been on
Tail of the Dragon, US 129
Deals Gap, Tennessee and North Carolina · driven in the 2024 Ascent
318 curves in 11 miles between Deals Gap and the Tennessee line. No intersections, no driveways. The photo at the top of the page is from the run.
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, New York · lapped in the 2024 Ascent
The 3.4-mile road course. The Ascent was photographed on the start-finish line; it's on the home page.
Upstate New York
Finger Lakes and beyond · list being written up
The roads driven around the Finger Lakes, the falls and Watkins Glen. Individual roads to be listed. The waterfall stops from the road-trip file are pinned on the map below.
Ontario
Ontario, Canada · list being written up
The Ontario roads driven over the years, in everything from the Forester to the Ascent. Individual roads to be listed.
Europe
Europe · list being written up
Roads driven in Europe. Individual roads to be listed.
The map
The road-trip list
Every stop from the road-trip file, pinned. Click a pin for the note. Red pins are driven, yellow pins are on the list, grey pins are suggestions from others.
On the list
By region
The same stops as the map, grouped the way the file groups them.
Falls and the Glen
Watkins Glen State Park, Taughannock Falls, Niagara Falls, Seneca Mills Falls, Shequaga Falls, Buttermilk Falls, Ithaca Falls, Chittenango Falls, Pratts Falls, Salmon River Falls.
Notches and potholes
Kancamagus Highway (Route 112, Lincoln to Conway, 34 miles), Smugglers' Notch, Bartlett Falls, Texas Falls, Bolton Potholes, Hamilton Falls, The Basin, Sculptured Rocks, Shelburne Falls Potholes.
Moab to Mexican Hat
State Route 128, Shafer Trail, Potash Road (Utah 279), Moki Dugway, Valley of the Gods, Scenic Byway 12, Zion, Kanab, Bryce Canyon, Escalante, Capitol Reef, Hanksville, Moab, Mexican Hat.
Sedona and Page
Arizona 89A, Soldier Pass Trail, Page (Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon), Valley of Fire State Park.
Caverns to canyon
Carlsbad Caverns, about 3 hours to White Sands, about 5 hours to Saguaro, about 5 hours to the Grand Canyon South Rim.
Long ones
Northwest Passage Scenic Byway (US 12, Idaho), Dalton Highway (Alaska), Timber Gulch Road (Oregon), Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road (South Dakota), Going-to-the-Sun Road (Montana), Highway 1 through Big Sur (California).
The tree trip
Treaty Oak, Banyan Tree Tunnel, Silver Glen Springs palm, Highlands Hammock, Lady Liberty bald cypress, Hugh Taylor Birch banyans, the Fairchild Oak, Fakahatchee strangler fig, Big Cypress, the Old Senator, Fred the Tree.
Not yet driven
Forks of the Credit, Highway 507, Highway 60 through Algonquin, Route 132 around the Gaspé, Cabot Trail, Icefields Parkway, Sea to Sky, Hakone Turnpike, Irohazaka, Stelvio Pass. Grey pins on the map.
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Send us a road
Start, end, best season and why. Roads that get driven are added to the list with the submitter's name.
- Paved or gravel. Say which.
- What to watch for: wildlife, frost heaves, cyclists, police.
- A link to photos if there are any.
Community
Send us a car, a road or a project.
Builds, roads, meets and paddock photos from anyone who drives. Everything submitted gets credited.