What is Your Favorite Driving Road?
Roads give us freedom. They take us to our destination, whether that’s an actual place or a metaphorical reference to the thrills and fulfillment of the perfect combination of automobile and path. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a miles-long straight, a gravel farm road, mountain pass, or canyon asphalt, we all have at least a few favorites on our lists.
So we humbly ask members of the Hagerty Community one question to help us celebrate next week’s special award: What is your favorite driving road?
This is normally where your humble author chimes in with a suggestion in hopes of spurring conversation. But good driving roads are over an hour away from me, and I rarely get the chance to drive that far just to drive some more.
Don’t Look At Me
Instead I have this monstrosity, the Katy Freeway, just a couple of miles from me. I admit the flyovers can give you a giddy little thrill sometimes, but otherwise my life as a car enthusiast revolves around visits to other places with better roads, smaller highways, elevation changes, and a lack of streets designed around a grid.
So help me out here, Hagerty Community, and tell me your thoughts on the matter. What are some good driving roads, and what is your favorite driving road?
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US 191 Devil’s Highway in AZ is one I plan to drive soon. The sheer number of turns and mountain scenery guarantee an engaging drive. Has anyone done that trip and what did you think?
The drive up Kit Peak and Mount Lemmon in Tucson are also enjoyable when traffic is light and the roads are open. They are close enough to get to without much planning.
Lolo Pass on State Highway 12 east of Lewiston Idaho to Missoula Montana follows some of Lewis&Clarks trail. It’s 95 miles of curves along the Lochsa River.
Also State Highway 14 in Washington along the Columbia River between Maryhill Muesum and Vancouver offers similar scenery as the Oregon side but travel weekdays to avoid Sunday drivers.
I live in NW Michigan, home of nearby Hagerty Insurance in Traverse City. The roads North of TC offer an amazing variety of great roads. Don’t tell anyone, but those roads are in Leelanau County.
Sea to Sky in BC then all the way around to Hope down the Fraser Canyon form Lillooet was one of my favorites. In California, it was always La Honda & Skyline…rented a 911 last time I was out there, great fun! Back in BC, Crowsnest Hwy 3 from Hope to Osoyoos is rad and has some great stops for wine. Awesome roads.
The enchanted circle in northern New Mexico 75 miles of high mountain roads with plenty of turns and straight roads scenery is amazing
1. M122, Leelanau, CO., Michigan
2. M119, C-Village, Michigan
3.MT84, Norris- Bozeman MT along Madison River and canyon twists.
4.USHWY1, Marathon-Key West FL. Ocean on your left and Gulf of Mex on your right. Jimmy Buffett and
WA 4. Longview to Naselle, (split to 401 then across the
mighty Columbia), or up 101 to Raymond On The Sea.