Overview

• The Week publishes seven colorful routes nationwide, featuring drives such as the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway, the Portland-to-Bend journey through the Columbia River Gorge, and South Dakota’s 14-mile Needles Highway.
• Indiana’s 216-mile Covered Bridge Loop gets a nod for Parke County’s 31 historic spans that remain in use, as highlighted via Midwest Living.
• Boston.com spotlights five New England drives, including Vermont’s 146-mile Scenic Route 100 Byway, New Hampshire’s 100-mile White Mountains Trail, and Maine’s 40-mile Acadia All-American Road.
• Massachusetts’ 90-mile Essex Coastal Scenic Byway links 14 coastal communities, while Connecticut’s 37-mile Merritt Parkway is noted for art deco bridges and a leafy canopy.
• Several featured roads carry National Scenic Byway or All-American Road designations and offer notable stops such as Multnomah Falls, Ohiopyle State Park, Fallingwater, Bar Harbor, and Acadia National Park.