Best Driving Road?

[CosmoMS3]

It would be a great ideea to share the best drive you had (the location) in your MS3 (and other cars). That could help everybody in choosing the next destination in your Speed3.

My latest road trip (4000 mile, Chicago-Yellowstone-Rocky Mountains) showed me how little I knew about great roads.

1. So far number one in my top is Iron Mountain Road in South Dakota - about 30 miles south-west from Rapid City. I drove in the summer time at 6 AM, with no cars on the road. In about 2 hours you get on a full circle going south on route 16A through Custer State Park. The only drawback - you have to be careful avoiding deers on the road. My computer showed I was doing 8 MPG most of the time.

2. Beartooth Highway at the border Montana/Wyoming (route 212). Great road, fabulous scenery - I think you go up about 12,000 ft in altitude.

3. Old Fall River Rd in the Rocky Mountain National Park is not easy for a FWD car but it is fun.

One last mention: the expressway 25 from Denver Colorado to Cheyenne. Speed limit is 75 mph, I was driving 90mph and big SUVs were passing me left and right. Being used to the 55mph and horrible roads around Chicago, it was shocking to see EVERYBODY driving so fast.

 

[hectik1]

Cherohala Skyway and the Tail of the Dragon in TN/NC. Skyway is long sweeping turns with beautiful scenery and the Tail of the Dragon is 318 turns in 11 miles....enough said.

 

[bgibb68]

running up through the appalachians is route 219 through wv.....good 2 lane curvy road...a lot of fun to run during the fall beautifull scenery....switch backs....this road has it all.....best part goes from lewisburg north for as long as you wanna go....few us highways go west toward i 79 and 219 run up into maryland.....great country.....just don't get stuck behind a tractor or someone from a flat state

 

[qluber1]

Cherohala Skyway and the Tail of the Dragon in TN/NC. Skyway is long sweeping turns with beautiful scenery and the Tail of the Dragon is 318 turns in 11 miles....enough said.

(iagree)

 

[CrazyT]

Deals Gap is entirely overrated. I did it last weekend on my motorcycle for the first time (just moved to the area). It's neat, but a zoo. The Cherohala is very nice, however.

Let me jog my memory of good roads around the US.

Northeast: 28N through the adriondacks
9N north of Hague, NY
CR-6 near Port Henry. NY
NY-30 through the catskills
Hwy-100 in VT
Hwy-17 in VT (app gap)
Hwy-118 in NH through Warren
Hwy-112 in NH (the Kank. Also a zoo)
Hwy-11 or 15 (can't remember) in Maine is pretty neat, for maine.

Southeast: Chelohala skyway
Hwy-30 TN
US-160 in MO
US-19 in GA

Southwest:
US-191 in AZ (swithbacks, anyone?)
US-82 in NM is neat. Being from the north I never would have thought that there would be a ski resort in NM.
HWY-89 south of Prescott, AZ
HW-78 CA
Hwy-395 is a great road to take if you are travelling down the west coast to/from CA and WA. Little traffic, good speed, and it's not I-5.
CA-1

Northwest: US-101
US-395 both sides of John Day, OR
Hwy-14 in WA, colombia river gorge.
Yakima Canyon Road, north of Yakima, WA
HWY-261 through Starbuck, WA
HWY-20 Spokane WA to Methow Valley
Hwy-20 from Winthrop to Rockport (north cascade highway)
US-97 from US-2 to I-90 WA
US-12 in ID (lolo pass, home of the infamous winding roads next 77 miles sign)
There's a couple in UT that I gotta remember...

 

[MS Pro Codriver]

Pikes Peak toll road

 

[freebird_78]

Hwy 191 from Alipine AZ to Morenci AZ. 1100+ turns in 93 miles, most at 6000-9000 ft elevation. Officially the curviest highway in the country. And best of all, almost never ANY traffic as it goes between two "nowheres".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYEXh3qKQMY

Take that Tail of the Dragon.

 

[CrazyT]

Hwy 191 from Alipine AZ to Morenci AZ. 1100+ turns in 93 miles, most at 6000-9000 ft elevation. Officially the curviest highway in the country. And best of all, almost never ANY traffic as it goes between two "nowheres".

US 191 kicks ass!

 

[BillTheCat]

I'll put in another vote for The Tail of the Dragon & Cherohala Skyway. Pick the wrong weekend, and the Dragon can be crowded. It's such a fun road to drive that car clubs plan vacations there. I was there with 500+ MINIs last May. Small area for that many cars. If you run it during the week, or at off hours, it's a blast. Just watch out for LEOs.

I'd also add Highway 218, aka The Storm King Highway in Upstate New York, around West Point/Newburgh. Lots of sports car commercials used to be filmed there because it's one of those mountain roads with nothing but a crumbling stone wall to keep you from plummeting into the Hudson River below. Not as challenging as The Dragon, but it's nerve-wracking & fun. Plus, while you're there, you can tour West Point for a little history.

 

[Moultese]

Cherohala Skyway and the Tail of the Dragon in TN/NC. Skyway is long sweeping turns with beautiful scenery and the Tail of the Dragon is 318 turns in 11 miles....enough said.

Couldn't agree more. The Cherohala Skyway was simply beautiful. Also the Blueridge Parkway is around there and the view on that drive is amazing.

 

[hectik1]

Couldn't agree more. The Cherohala Skyway was simply beautiful. Also the Blueridge Parkway is around there and the view on that drive is amazing.

Next time out I am making an extra day for the Blueridge Parkway!(2thumbs)

 

[okpanic]

PCH from San Lius Obispo to Monterey out in cali