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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions For Visitors To The USA And Canada - Are there any scenic roads in the USA and Canada?

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If you have a vision of driving in the USA and Canada consisting of endless boring highways, then yes, you can certainly find them as well.

However, many roads in the USA and Canada compete with the most scenic roads in the world. The vast majority of the roads through National Parks are extremely scenic and there are many other highly scenic roads outside the parks where every turn opens up a new vista.

The Scenic Roads section gives details of a large number of scenic roads in the USA and Canada.

Here's a list of some very special highly recommended scenic roads:

• The Blue Ridge Parkway - along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia and western North Carolina Photograph (28KB).

• The Going-to-the-Sun Road - over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana Photograph (89KB).

• The Icefields Parkway - between Banff and Jasper in the Canadian Rockies of western Alberta Photograph (100KB).

• The road through Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah Photograph (28KB).

• The Pacific Coast Highway, especially the stretch near Big Sur in California and almost all of the Oregon coast

• The San Juan Skyway - through the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, including the Million Dollar Highway Photograph (37KB).

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