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Planning a family vacation? Discover some of your region's most scenic road trips plus check out hidden gems worth visiting in all 50 states.

Trail Ridge Road—Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Trail Ridge Road
This scenic route is the highest continuous paved road in the nation.
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Wilmington Flume Preserve in Adirondack Park Adirondack Adventure The Adirondack Park, the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi, sprawls far and wide across upstate New York.
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  • 1Cody Country
    As filled with adventure as Buffalo Bill himself, northwestern Wyoming captivates with its sweeping, seemingly limitless supply of rugged beauty.
  • 2Flaming Gorge Getaway
    Crossing the frontier that separates northeastern Utah and southern Wyoming, this drive never veers far from its centerpiece—a massive reservoir more than 90 miles in length.
  • 3Zion Canyon Loop
    Lofty in height as well as in name—Angels Landing, Great White Throne, Court of the Patriarchs— the wonders of the Zion region lend southwest Utah a majesty that borders on the sublime.
  • 4Peak-to-Peak Scenic Byway
    The gold may be gone, but Colorado's Peak-to-Peak Scenic and Historic Byway continues to unfurl a wealth of natural treasures as it climbs through hushed forests to mirror lakes that reflect the cathedral peaks of the Continental Divide.
  • 5Colorado Springs Loop
    A journey into the past as well as into the mountains, this drive climbs to prehistoric fossil beds, centuries-old Indian trails, and relics from the gold-boom era.
  • 6San Juan Skyway
    Highlighting the ruggedly beautiful San Juan Mountains, this stunning loop weaves through ranchland, old mining towns, and ancient Indian digs.
  • 7Jemez Mountain Trail
    Natural forces and ancient peoples have left their marks on this area of New Mexico, a color-streaked landscape where shimmering desert gives way to forested mountains.
  • 8New Mexico's Scenic South
    In this land of stunning contrasts, piñon-spotted plains meet alpine peaks, and vast ridges of black lava share azure skies with a sea of dazzling dunes.
  • 9Northern Minnesota Circle
    The tug of a walleye on the line, the spicy scent of countless pines, a crackling campfire on the shore of a secluded lake—life's little pleasures abound in the watery, wooded reaches of northern Minnesota.

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