Region guide
The best driving roads in the Western USA
52 hand-picked driving roads in the Western USA, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 11 world icons.
Roads5211 world icons
Combined1,793 mi2,886 km of driving
High point4,311 m14,144 ft
The Western United States is the home of the great American drive: the passes of the Rockies and the Sierra, the Pacific Coast Highway and the red-rock byways of the desert Southwest. These are the best, each mapped from real geometry and checked by hand.
The roads
Zion–Mount Carmel Highway20 mi · 42 min · 1,865.3 m summitView the roadbook ›
Angeles Crest Highway
Road to Hana
Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur
Tioga Pass
Pikes Peak Highway
Trail Ridge Road
Million Dollar Highway
Beartooth Highway
Seward Highway
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Lamoille Canyon Road
Mount Hamilton Road
Burr Trail
Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway
Whitney Portal Road
Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Chuckanut Drive
Hells Canyon Scenic Byway (Forest Road 39)
Sandia Crest Road
Stevens Canyon Road
Rim of the World Highway
Apache Trail
Lassen Park Highway
Logan Canyon Scenic Byway
Moki Dugway
Slumgullion Pass
Cascade Lakes Highway
Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
Iron Mountain Road
Catalina Highway (Mount Lemmon)
Coronado Trail
Ebbetts Pass
Glacier Point Road
McKenzie Pass
Needles Highway
Teton Pass
Mount Baker Highway
Avenue of the Giants
Kings Canyon Scenic Byway
Lolo Pass
North Cascades Highway
Chinook Pass (Mather Memorial Parkway)
Crater Lake Rim Drive
Historic Columbia River Highway
Olympic 101 Lake Crescent
Scenic Byway 12 Hogback
Sonora Pass
Independence Pass
Mount Blue Sky Road
Richardson Highway
