What states do you find most visually beautiful to drive through?

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LadyTrucker23@reddit

I fell in love with Coeur d’Alene, ID back in the 90’s. I’d love to go back as a tourist. Also, the Islands off Washington state and Vermont. I love woodsy areas.

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I think the western US in general is spectacular. I live in WA, regularly drive WA, OR, ID, and MT, and I'm lucky because of it. The eastern parts of MT, WY, and CO are mostly pretty awful though lol.

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SuperPen4066@reddit

Granted the Midwest isn’t impressive but I like Ohio

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Shyjuan@reddit

Washington, Oregon, Colorado

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Live-Door3408@reddit

I sense some bias against California here. California is waaay more beautiful overall than Colorado

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Shyjuan@reddit

I live in California my guy lol Not biased against it just value places I don't get to see as often.

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Live-Door3408@reddit

Haha that’s fair. I moved to California from a red state and all my friends and family are conservative so I’m always on the defensive about it 😂

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papisilla@reddit

Some people only ever drive through the farmland and the desert

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Live-Door3408@reddit

That’s true. I-40 and the 5 are definitely not very fun lol

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LastMongoose7448@reddit

Yeah, the 5 is kinda neat when you get north of Sacramento, and maybe a little between Orange County and San Diego. Otherwise it’s probably the worst drive through an entire state.

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Live-Door3408@reddit

Between Bakersfield (the grapevine) and the southern border is very nice, especially near Camp Pendleton. I always try and take SR-99 if I’m going north of that though, much more interesting, especially in spots with the Sierra Nevada in view.

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mdstratts@reddit

< I-70 through Kansas has entered the chat >

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LastMongoose7448@reddit

I actually didn’t mine i70. West Kansas and East Colorado is kinda neat looking. I wouldn’t want to do it every day, but once in awhile is fine.

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LeveledGarbage@reddit

Washington born and raised, still here, while I've seen every corner of the state, there are still times I catch myself say "goddamn thats beautiful"

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Sad-Barracuda98@reddit

Utah, Oregon/Washington, parts of Idaho, and even though I’ve been here my entire life I can’t leave off Colorado. I feel as though parts of the NE would make this list but I haven’t been past Buffalo yet. I can say western New York was surprisingly beautiful though.

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Sad-Barracuda98@reddit

For context, though, I don’t drive OTR. These are all just places that I visited/lived in throughout the years on my own.

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Odd-Fuel-9002@reddit

New Mexico

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Ancient_Alien_@reddit

California, the drive up PCH from Ventura when I get the chance. Springtime up the 5 when the west hills are in blossom. I do enjoy the drive through the Mojave. Washington and Oregon, woke up and drove along 84 west through the Columbia River gorge to Canby yesterday morning and it was stunning.

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Live-Door3408@reddit

I-84 is at the top my my bucket list of roads, can’t believe I haven’t done it yet

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Ancient_Alien_@reddit

You gotta do it, was awesome.

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awhq@reddit

I love any landscape that isn't the same for miles and miles, but I even like the first few hours of that type of landscape.

Central Texas in the spring is gorgeous because of all the wildflowers.

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Enlightend-1@reddit

Fuck California

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PomeloResponsible122@reddit (OP)

lol this post is about scenery in states, nothing else…

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Enlightend-1@reddit

Fuck California

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Insciuspetra@reddit

I see the brainwashing has taken nicely.

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RuneWarhammer@reddit

Only drove a car through it but Arizona and New Mexico. I loved the south west. California is up there too but northern California is about as barren as parts of Texas.

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heramoth@reddit

New Mexico Utah Colorado

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GlomBastic@reddit

All those for sure. Scenery and whatnot it's all great. But, hear me out, Oklahoma. The sky is so fucking tall there.

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NekoboyBanks@reddit

Isn't the sky always the same height? Lol

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GlomBastic@reddit

Naw. NW feels like you could hit your head on the ceiling. It's claustrophobic.

Florida is pretty high today.

Big 10 square states though. I don't believe airplanes can make it all the way up there.

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Oz_The_Explorer@reddit

I agree 👍💯

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Laurens_hubby10@reddit

Nevada, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Northern and California, Arizona, Colorado, upstate New York, Maine New Hampshire, North & South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon.

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NekoboyBanks@reddit

Washington, Nevada, Maine.

Washington is a given.

Nevada is just really enjoyable to me for some reason. Some of the loneliest roads I've ever driven were through Death Valley and the Nevadan deserts, and I really enjoy the lack of traffic. It's really weird driving through the hot desert and seeing snow-capped mountains out your window towards the north end of the state.

Maine is boring as hell if you only take 95, but I always take the Blue Star Memorial Hwy if I have a little bit of extra time. It runs parallel to 95 and to the coast and takes you through a bunch of pretty New England coastal towns.

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AnnulMe@reddit

Western Colorado
Utah
Vermont in the fall

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Sure-Debate-464@reddit

If you have not driven through Western Colorado into Utah you have no idea of what amazeballs is. As a truck driver for 21 years it's my favorite route during the summer and the route I absolutely avoid during the winter.

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PomeloResponsible122@reddit (OP)

Vermont is one I would love to see, Maine also. Last fall I got to go up through Virginia and it was beautiful. On the east coast the northernmost I’ve been is PA. Hoping to get some runs up there one of these days.

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ilovelabattblue@reddit

Come to the UP in the fall best colors in the states

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Dirty-Dan24@reddit

You skipped over NH, which I’d say is equally beautiful as Vermont with better infrastructure. Maine is much more flat so you won’t get many mountainous views.

If you’re in NH do yourself the favor of driving up I93 through the Franconia Notch

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Successful_Amoeba509@reddit

Vermont is gorgeous but has some small roads.

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Primedirector3@reddit

Rockies and the West win for sure but honorable mention to beautiful spots in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia

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OsBaculum@reddit

I grew up in the PNW, so of course I think it's great, but a real surprise to me was the Carolinas. You get on those twisty back highways running through the pine forests, and everything just feels so alive. And since winters are mild there, it's green year-round.

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Live-Door3408@reddit

Oregon, Washington on I-5 in the summer, Virginia on I-81 in the summer, California on the 101 in the winter and I-80 through Donner pass. California also has some smaller roads that are absolutely stunning like the SR-1, roads through the Sierra Nevada and coast ranges but aren’t typically routes you’d take in a truck. All the freeways in the Bay Area and LA area have some pretty nice views too, especially I-280 and I-210. Idaho is an honorable mention. I like all the other western states but they get so dry and only have that lush/green mountain landscape for a 2-3 months in the spring unlike, California and the PNW.

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rabbi_glitter@reddit

I really took I-81 for granted.

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darylandme@reddit

Hwy 12 in the Outer Banks of NC. Driving through sand dunes with the ocean on one side and the sound on the other . It feels wild and lonely in the best way.

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DieselPunk97@reddit

New Mexico! The whole state 😁 underrated state and I take any chance to go that way when I can.

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WitchCackleHehe@reddit

WA, OR, NM, WV

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right_lane_kang@reddit

Northern New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Montana, idaho

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solamente_en_cristo@reddit

Not a trucker, but I've been to 48 of the 50 states at this point. Overall picks for driving scenery: Washington, western Oregon, any coastal or Sierra-ish regions of California, Western CO/southern UT. Honorable mention western MT, central/northern ID, and Appalachia during the fall. Alaska too, of course.

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LivinUndead@reddit

Utah Virginia Colorado

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NFLTG_71@reddit

I love Utah you go out there every week to Salt Lake City even though some people don’t like the desert I always thought Utah was had a rough beauty to it have you ever been to Frisco Colorado? There’s a rest up there and it’s right on the lake and it’s so calming. It’s just gorgeous.

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LivinUndead@reddit

It’s been a long time since I’ve driven in the west but I used to go to SLC weekly too. Frisco doesn’t sound familiar but I’ve been to Silverthorne which is near there. Beautiful area.

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NFLTG_71@reddit

Along the Hood river in Oregon and surprisingly I did this over the last two days Northeast Texas in and around Tyler, Texas up in the hill country, green, beautiful, not hot just pastures and forest. It was gorgeous.

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Asavery91@reddit

Vermont, Northern New York, West VA at certain times/any of the Appalachias

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Sufficient_Tooth_949@reddit

I haven't been to every state but I enjoy the desert region of like new Mexico, after living in Louisiana my entire life the desert is beautiful and amazing to me

And of course rural California with its golden hills

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Successful_Amoeba509@reddit

Utah, West Virginia, Washington.

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Ich_mag_Kartoffeln@reddit

Anywhere that's outside a city/town. Don't care if it's scenic mountains, wide open farmland, or the sparse vegetation of a desert.

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Berserkyr0@reddit

Agree with this. I hate everything about cities. I dont care about driving through them, its easy, I just hate it in general. And it tends to be hotter inside a city too in my opinion.

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Ich_mag_Kartoffeln@reddit

More people in cities, which means I'm surrounded by more fuckwits who shouldn't have a license!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island

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LeveledGarbage@reddit

Born in raised in Washington, it still gets me at times. I'm just a local boy, but I've been all over N. Idaho and Western MT (in laws also in MT), Montana is breath taking, we are visiting for 5 days for memorial day weekend and I cant fucking wait.

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Cucaracha899@reddit

Oregon

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BassBender@reddit

Western Colorado Utah Montana

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AnnulMe@reddit

This guy gets it. The space between Rico and Montrose shook me to my core

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BriskManeuver@reddit

Nothing beats northern Arizona/southern Utah imo

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Oz_The_Explorer@reddit

Washington State
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Montana
Colorado

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OldBrokeGrouch@reddit

I was born and raised in Oregon and have lived in Washington my entire adult life. I’ve been around the country and I know I live in the most beautiful part of it. It’s wonderful.

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firemarshalbill316@reddit

Texas because I can see miles in front of me with no mountains to climb. Lol

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PomeloResponsible122@reddit (OP)

Lmao, I suppose 😂 I’m from Houston and run a lot in Dallas as well, pretty much no natural beauty out there lol.

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firemarshalbill316@reddit

None at all just dust, rock shrubs. 😂. I still like driving in that big flat boring MF. Bro run San Antonio to El Paso on I-10 is like being on the moon. Just dirt and some colonist outpost it seems. LMAO 🤣

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MegaDuck71@reddit

Oregon coast.
126
90 in Idaho.

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Playful-Excuse-272@reddit

Pacific NW in the winter Donners Pass Appalachia in the fall