Best Scenic Drives

Each year Trails.com ranks the popularity of more than 40,000 trails by collecting and analyzing over 10 million “votes” from site visitors and members. Here are 14 of the site’s 20 best scenic drives in North America, in the event that you’ve got the itch for a spectacular road trip.

1. Angeles Crest Scenic Byway (pictured): La Canada to Mountain Top Junction (66 miles; California)
2. Canyons and Rivers: Medina to Garner State Park (46 miles; Texas)
3. Sonoma-Mendocino Coast Scenic Drive: Marin City to U.S. 101 (209 miles; California)
4. Mount Evans Scenic Byway: Idaho Springs to the Summit of Mount Evans (28 miles; Colorado)
5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee)
6. High Point Monument (New Jersey)
7. Icefields Parkway: Lake Louise to Jasper (138 miles; Alberta, CA)
8. Blue Ridge Parkway: Asheville to Great Smoky Mountains National Park (75 miles; North Carolina)
9. Covered Bridge Scenic Byway (44 miles; Ohio)
10. Connecticut Coast Scenic Drive (71 miles)
11. Sonoma-Napa Valley Scenic Drive: Santa Rosa to Hopland (132 miles; California)
12. Skyline Drive: Shenandoah National Park (105 miles; Virginia)
13. Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road from West Glacier to Saint Mary (48 miles; Montana)
14. Big Bend National Park (Texas)