The United States is the most suitable place for road travel. The road network is crisscrossed, and the scenery along the way is beautiful. History and culture of different eras meet on the road.Along the road, you can see thousands of faces of the United States.
Follow this article to explore the five most beautiful highways in the United States, and have a vigorous road trip!
1. California Highway 1
California Highway 1 is the most popular self-driving route in North America, bar none! Highway 1 winds its way from north of San Francisco to south to south of Los Angeles, traversing the entire western coastline of California.
Bathed in the sun and the sea breeze, watching the surging waves of the Pacific Ocean beat the shore, watching the freedom and wildness of the West Coast of the United States, watching the stars in Los Angeles, and watching the splendid splendor of San Francisco.
This 1,000-kilometer road, from south to north, condenses the most wonderful West Coast of the United States. Californians are the most livable group of people in the United States.
They have their own hedonic philosophy. For them, Highway 1 is not just a highway, but also their life.
On one side is the blue and blue Pacific Ocean, and on the other side is the steep and towering cliffs and mountains. In the early morning, the mist curls up, as if walking through the clouds. In the evening, watching the afterglow of the sunset at sea sprinkled on the Pacific Ocean is the most pleasant!
2. Route 66
There is hardly any road in the world that has achieved a prominent reputation in the world like Route 66. Many titles such as "America Street" and "Mother Road" have come together to become a self-driving travel road that countless people are fascinated by!
It starts in Chicago and ends in Los Angeles, crossing eight states and three time zones, with a total length of 3,940 kilometers. From deserts, no-man’s-land, farms, canyons to the West Coast, Route 66 in the United States is a pilgrimage journey for brave self-driving people!
Driving down historic Route 66, you can see cornfields, Indian reservations, and endless deserts as far as the eye can see. The vast loess is full of western cowboy style during the sporadic distribution of cacti. Many American Western movies or TV series choose to film along Route 66.
Bars selling sparkling water next to highway towns, motels with neon lights, old-fashioned old gas stations. Nostalgic people will love Route 66 and enjoy the simple, slow-paced nostalgia of yesteryear.
3. Blue Ridge Highway
The Blue Ridge Highway is 469 miles long, stretching from Virginia to North Carolina. It is one of the top scenic roads in the United States and the most classic country road in the hearts of Americans. In autumn, the Blue Ridge Highway is colorful, and the leaves beside the road are charming.
When the wind blows, the yellow and red leaves fall slowly, it can't be more beautiful! There are more than 100 kinds of towering trees, 54 kinds of mammals, and 59 kinds of birds along the highway, making the natural landscape quite rich along the way.
Of course, it's not just for the views, it's also a great place for hiking, camping, fishing, and picnicking. Along the way, there are farmlands and pastures. You can stop and stand at a high place to overlook the river valley and see the peaceful and peaceful pastoral scenery.
4. Florida Overseas Highway
California's Route 1 has always been famous, but we can't forget the National Route 1 in the eastern United States. This is one of the oldest highways running through the United States and has been dubbed by travelers "the most beautiful sea-crossing highway in the world", from the Big Key just south of Miami to the southernmost Key West.
A section, connecting nearly a hundred small islands in the Florida island chain, this section of the road also has a separate name: Overseas Highway. Starting from Miami and ending at Key West Island, the 42 sea-crossing bridges connect nearly a hundred small islands in the Florida island chain, like a string of sapphire necklaces inlaid in the Caribbean Sea.
Driving on the sea road that forms a line, it seems that you are really driving on the sea! At the end of the Overseas Highway, Key West, the southernmost tip of Florida, across the sea from Cuba, was where Hemingway lived from 1931 to 1939. This is the best place to watch the sunset, known as the "land of sunset".
Couples who drive by themselves, don't miss the wonderful moment of sunset.
5. Seward Highway
The Seward Highway is a beautiful scenic line, once listed as one of the ten most beautiful highways in the world, located in the northernmost state of Alaska in the United States, with a total length of 127 miles.
The road twists and turns through the Alaskan wilderness. Along the way, the continuous glaciers shone in the sun, the glittering Orchid Glacier and the rolling Chugach Mountains complement each other, the quiet lakes are scattered, and wild animals run freely along the way. Being in it is like a fairyland on earth.
In the golden autumn season, the yellow leaves all over the mountains and plains are stacked in layers, winding on both sides of the road, as if walking in a painting. In winter, a large number of tourists follow the footsteps of the Northern Lights, looking for the most beautiful "Aurora" in the last pure land of Alaska.
