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The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips - Your Guide to Breathtaking Routes, Hidden Gems, and Iconic Landscapes
The all-in-one trip planner and travel guide-now totally revised and updated-will steer you down the most scenic road every time.
The all-in-one trip planner and travel guide-now totally revised and updated-will steer you down the most scenic road every time. From Florida's Road to Flamingo to Hawaii's Oahu Coastal Loop . . . from British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway to Cape Cod's Sandy Shores . . . each featured road trip is pictured in stunning full color and described in vivid text, keyed to an easy-to-follow newly revised map. Whether you choose a drive in a far corner of the continent or a back road in your own state, this book is your ticket to North America's most beautiful byways.
Drives are grouped in four pictured-packed sections-Western, Mountain, Central, and Eastern states and provinces-and are accompanied by detailed, easy-to-use maps. New drives featuring some of Canada's most stunning destinations have been added. As a bonus, handy Trip Tip sidebars A special feature called Star Routes offers thumbnail sketches of shorter but especially scenic roads located in the same region as the main tours. Additional boxes highlight distinctive characteristics of the areas, including local plants, animals, customs, foods, and a variety of historical events.
Whether on the road or in the comfort of your easy chair, this newly revised Reader's Digest travel guide will be a welcome companion.
The all-in-one trip planner and travel guide-now totally revised and updated-will steer you down the most scenic road every time. From Florida's Road to Flamingo to Hawaii's Oahu Coastal Loop . . . from British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway to Cape Cod's Sandy Shores . . . each featured road trip is pictured in stunning full color and described in vivid text, keyed to an easy-to-follow newly revised map. Whether you choose a drive in a far corner of the continent or a back road in your own state, this book is your ticket to North America's most beautiful byways.
Drives are grouped in four pictured-packed sections-Western, Mountain, Central, and Eastern states and provinces-and are accompanied by detailed, easy-to-use maps. New drives featuring some of Canada's most stunning destinations have been added. As a bonus, handy Trip Tip sidebars A special feature called Star Routes offers thumbnail sketches of shorter but especially scenic roads located in the same region as the main tours. Additional boxes highlight distinctive characteristics of the areas, including local plants, animals, customs, foods, and a variety of historical events.
Whether on the road or in the comfort of your easy chair, this newly revised Reader's Digest travel guide will be a welcome companion.
400 pages, Hardcover
Published March 1, 2012
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The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.
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October 13, 2020
I’ve kept this book with me over the years and have done a few of the drives listed. Cabot Trail in Halifax Nova Scotia being my personal favorite. It’s clearly marked by region and route and I cannot recommend it enough for road trippers! Go adventure!
February 4, 2015
A very nice read and informative, if you are a real adventurist. Take a tour with this book, pull out its map, pack your get and push the gas pedal high on a wonderful journey to America.
A must read for adventure traveler, who prefers to see America on his car than seeing it 10 miles above from sky in a Jetliner.
A must read for adventure traveler, who prefers to see America on his car than seeing it 10 miles above from sky in a Jetliner.
April 19, 2012
These beautiful road trips will keep me busy for the rest of my life! When can I get started???
August 1, 2012
Very nice book with beautiful pictures and an abundance of information for armchair and real travelers everywhere.
June 29, 2025
My copy as well worn. A must have travel guide.
I travel about 20,000 kilometres a year on the backroads of Canada and US travelling as the crow flies in general, but by linking up the suggested roads of this guide. It is a fabulous guide to exploring the best of the US, but I only wish it was as extensive for Canada. It takes you two places of great beauty with a little bit of history on all the highlights.
I also use National Geographic’s comparable but return to this one as it is less extensive and easier to use while on the road.
I travel about 20,000 kilometres a year on the backroads of Canada and US travelling as the crow flies in general, but by linking up the suggested roads of this guide. It is a fabulous guide to exploring the best of the US, but I only wish it was as extensive for Canada. It takes you two places of great beauty with a little bit of history on all the highlights.
I also use National Geographic’s comparable but return to this one as it is less extensive and easier to use while on the road.
October 12, 2024
This is a great guide book; its nice if you just want something planned out for you and not stress about finding everything on a road trip yourself. I decided to order it from the library before I bought it.. and well, I am gonna buy it.
August 12, 2018
If you are thinking of taking a road trip, grab this book and have a look at the several amazing places to check out.
February 22, 2019
This book helped us plan a fun road trip to Michigan in 2018.
September 16, 2016
Who knew you would be able to see so many things while taking a road trip. Would you want to drive across the country for many many miles to experience the different terrains and cultures America has to offer? Imagine driving all across the United States taking the most scenic routes possible and seeing mountains, waterfalls, rivers and lakes.
This book is 25,467 miles of different road trips that you, a traveler can take all across the United States and some parts of Canada. It shows the map of each drive, how many miles it is, where it is located, and when the best time to go is. Then it goes on and talks about what you will see while driving on that route and it describes what every stop is. It also has some amazing pictures of some of the stops but you will have to read it to see them.
I wanted to read this book because I like to travel and I really want to see more of the world and this book would give me an idea of places I would really like to see. This book reminds me of my life because my family and I like to take many road trips, and this book was full of many different ones. When I was reading about the Nebraska road trips it reminded me of the road trip we take at the end of every summer to Bassett, Nebraska and we tube down the Niobrara River and stop at Smith Falls, the tallest waterfall in Nebraska. It was a must see in one of the Nebraska routes. I thought maybe this book would be boring but while looking through the pages I discovered new places that I did not know existed that I would probably want to visit.
If you like to go on road trips or you like to expierience nature you should read this book because it is a whole new level of road tripping and has many ideas for a road trip. This book is definetley aimed at travelers but anyone who likes to look at and read about beautiful places in the USA should read it.
This book is 25,467 miles of different road trips that you, a traveler can take all across the United States and some parts of Canada. It shows the map of each drive, how many miles it is, where it is located, and when the best time to go is. Then it goes on and talks about what you will see while driving on that route and it describes what every stop is. It also has some amazing pictures of some of the stops but you will have to read it to see them.
I wanted to read this book because I like to travel and I really want to see more of the world and this book would give me an idea of places I would really like to see. This book reminds me of my life because my family and I like to take many road trips, and this book was full of many different ones. When I was reading about the Nebraska road trips it reminded me of the road trip we take at the end of every summer to Bassett, Nebraska and we tube down the Niobrara River and stop at Smith Falls, the tallest waterfall in Nebraska. It was a must see in one of the Nebraska routes. I thought maybe this book would be boring but while looking through the pages I discovered new places that I did not know existed that I would probably want to visit.
If you like to go on road trips or you like to expierience nature you should read this book because it is a whole new level of road tripping and has many ideas for a road trip. This book is definetley aimed at travelers but anyone who likes to look at and read about beautiful places in the USA should read it.
January 31, 2014
very inspiring. much has been added to my summer drive list!
August 27, 2014
Very helpful and spot on since we've done many of these drives. This will be our first go-to book when traveling future road trips.
August 8, 2021
Part of my reading challenge for 2021 but it was fun to dream where future vacations can take place.
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