The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

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Taking a drive in the country has been popular since horse-and-buggy days. But while the road trip itch is as strong as ever, scenic drives get scarcer year by year. The answer is a collection of the 120 loveliest drives in the U.S., providing maps and tours (with sites along the way itemized and lovingly described), trip length, when to go, nearby attractions, and local information sources. Free time is at premium these days; rather than waste your leisure time in highway gluts, it's worth taking directions to some of the most beautiful drives the country still has to offer.

From Publisher Weekly

The beauty of the open road is captured in this exquisitely illustrated guide to America's best driving routes. Newly revised and updated since its first publication in 1997, this volume is complete with tourist information, maps and breathtaking photographs to help readers plan their next cross-country vacation. Organized by region, the 120 suggested road trip span all 50 states and offer a wide variety of scenic adventurs, from exploring the remote canyons of New Mexico to visiting the most beautiful beaches on Cape Cod. Each route offers a number of must-see points of interest, such as the carefully preserved mid-19th-century home of Washington Irving in New York or the best places to spot wildflowers in the Texas Hill Country. Also included for each drive is a helpful "Trip Tips" table, providing not only the basic information about length and the best time of the year to visit, but invaluable pieces of advice (i.e., "No fuel is available on the 70-mile stretch of highway between Marblemount and Mazama"). Although it's often hard to get a sense of the particular personality of a drive from the rather dry descriptions, the large color photographs provide States, wheter travelling across the country or re-discovering the beauty of their home state. 400+ color photographs and 120 maps.

Product Description

A one-of-a-kind trip planner, a suberb on-the-road reference, and a album of 400 photographs. From the Atlantic to the pacific, here are 120 outstanding drives that show the magnificence of America-each with detailed, easy-to-follow maps.

From The Back Cover

From the Atlantic to the pacific 120 wonderful ways to see the magnifience of America
* Exciting, carefree, and comfortable tours covering every region in the country
* 120 specially commissioned, detailed, easy-to-follow maps
* 400 breathtaking photographs
* Fascinating facts about natural wonders, wildlife, American history and lore, annual festivals, and local customs
* Suggested side trips to nearby attractions, state parks, recreational facilities, and much more

One of America's most popular outdoor passtimes is, quite simply, going for long, leisurely drives in the country and that's what this is all about. Making its way through each of our 50 states from Alaska to Florida and Maine to california THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES IN AMERICA server as your personal guide to the most colorful, breathtaking, intriguing, dramatic, and eye-pleasing stretches of road in the U.S.A. Divided into four The Western States. The Rocky Mountain States, The Central States, and The Eastern States the 120 tours in THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES IN AMERICA will take you on an unforgettable visit to America's scenic splendors, celebrating its natural wonders, manmade marvels, and gloriously varied landscapes. The drives were selected with assistance from state tourism offices, the National Forest Services, chambers of commerce, and countless travel experts in every patr of the country. Each drive route (shown in red on a specially designed map) follows a numbered sequence of points of interest towns and cities, canyons and cavern, mountains and meadow, parks and historic sites with each of these places described in the text and pinpointed on the map. To help you plan and better enjoy the tours, each drive is accompanied by a fact-filled Trip box that provides information on mileage, the best travel seasons, nearby attractions, special events, and whom to contact for more details. Satr Route 22 in alloffer thumbnail sketches of shorter but especially scenic roads that are located in the vicinity of the main tours. Additional boxes highlight distinctive characteristics of the areas, wheter they be local plants, animals, customs, foods, or historical events. Both out on the road and in the comfort of your home, you'll find what THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES OF AMERICA will be a welcome companion. It not only helps motorists plan trips filled with beauty and diversity but also fascinates the armchair traveler with hundred of colorful photographs that bring the scenery to life. Wheter you plan to take a drive in some far corner of the country or one that's virtually in your own backyard. THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES IN AMERICA will guide you to a host of beautiful by ways the roads that driving was made for.

BUY HERE >> by Jerry Bates The Most Scenic Drives in America, 120 Spectacular Road Trips [ILLUSTRATED] 1st edition