Driving

71 miles of California State Route 1 cut into cliffs above the Pacific between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, narrow lanes, blind curves and a 1,000-foot drop to the water in places. One of the most photographed driving roads in the world.

318 curves in 11 miles through the Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee/North Carolina line. One of the most demanding, most photographed short driving roads in America, with photographers stationed at the tightest bends most weekends.

Climbs to nearly 11,000 ft over the Beartooth Pass via dramatic switchbacks with alpine tundra, glacial lakes and high-plateau vistas near Yellowstone's NE gate.

A cliff-hugging engineering marvel through Glacier National Park crossing Logan Pass, with hairpins, waterfalls and glacier-carved peaks above the narrow ledge.

The highest continuous paved through-road in the US, topping out above 12,000 ft across open alpine tundra in Rocky Mountain National Park.

A white-knuckle San Juan Mountains stretch over 11,018 ft Red Mountain Pass with tight hairpins, sheer drop-offs and no guardrails.

An All-American Road threading red-rock canyons, slickrock and the guardrail-free Hogback ridge before climbing 9,000-plus ft over Boulder Mountain.

An endlessly twisting ascent through the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles, with fast sweepers, pine forest and panoramic ridge-top views.

A high, wide-open mountain byway climbing above 5,000 ft with long flowing curves and mile-high vistas across the Cherokee and Nantahala forests.

An open-ocean causeway hopping island to island across 40-plus bridges, including the iconic Seven Mile Bridge, with turquoise water on both sides.

An undeveloped White Mountains crossing over the 2,855 ft Kancamagus Pass, famed for sweeping curves, river overlooks and peak fall foliage.

A serpentine Black Hills route squeezing through granite spires and one-lane rock tunnels amid towering needle pinnacles.

A ridge-crest byway riding the spine of the Ouachita Mountains with continuous curves and long-range forested valley views.

A lush coastal ribbon with roughly 620 curves and 59 bridges winding past rainforest, waterfalls and sea cliffs on Maui's east side.

Opened 1957 on former Fort Ord land after the Pebble Beach road races were stopped for safety. Home of the Corkscrew, an 18-metre downhill plunge across a blind crest that's one of motorsport's most famous corners, and the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion for historic racers.

A four-mile, 14-turn parkland circuit hosting IMSA and the SVRA vintage weekend, famed for Canada Corner, The Kink and Corvette Corner.

Historic former Formula 1 US Grand Prix venue with The Boot, home of SVRA's US Vintage Grand Prix each September.

A revered 3.27-mile road course with the Climbing Esses and Oak Tree bend, host of the SVRA SpeedTour and a heavy club calendar.

Paul Newman's home track and one of the oldest continuously operated US road courses, headlined by the Labor Day Historic Festival.

The legendarily bumpy WWII-airfield circuit home to the 12 Hours of Sebring and HSR's Classic 12 Hour vintage event.

A fast, undulating course famous for its blind downhill esses and Turn 12, home of the Motul Petit Le Mans endurance classic.

A technical 2.4-mile circuit with the Keyhole and Carousel, hosting IndyCar and the long-running Vintage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio.

A hilly wine-country road course used by NASCAR and known for its elevation-dropping Carousel, with open track days and club racing.

The immaculately landscaped Augusta of racetracks beside the world's largest motorcycle museum, host of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama.

The only US Formula 1 venue, with its dramatic uphill Turn 1 and Silverstone-inspired esses, also running SVRA vintage weekends.

A flat, fast public-park circuit known for the tight Festival Curves chicane, home of IndyCar's Grand Prix of Portland and the Rose Cup Races.

The Fastest Road in the West and America's oldest permanent road course (1953), a bucket-list desert track-day and vintage destination.

A 3.15-mile circuit next to the National Corvette Museum, a magnet for Corvette owners and open HPDE track days.

A modern facility with the Thunderbolt and Lightning circuits offering a full slate of club racing, HPDE and motorcycle track days.