Originally Posted by
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Some that I have heard are the Seattle to PDX...
I would say no. Interstate 5 from Seattle to Portland is a grim, congested, mostly featureless slog. Avoid or take Amtrak.
Instead... my favorite drives in the US would be:
** US101 around the Olympic Peninsula, especially Crescent Lake west of Port Angeles
** Vermont Route 100 south of Waitsfield, particularly this time of year when the leaves are turning
** Interstate 93 / 91 from Concord, NH to the Canadian border
** Another vote for California 1 through Big Sur, Monterey to SLO -- that's the dramatic coastline you want
** South Dakota Route 240 south of Wall, through the Buffalo Gap National Grassland... incredible
** The road through Joshua Tree National Park in California, south of Twentynine Palms
** The loop road around Acadia National Park in Maine (have to disagree with the poster upthread about the Maine coastal road though... US Route 1... badly maintained two-lane blacktop, bumper to bumper in summer, not many ocean vistas)
** The Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia