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National Geographic Guide To Scenic Highways And Byways

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When I retired a friend gave me a copy of this book and we have been gratefull to him for introducing us to it. We have traveled extensively since retirement and without fail we check our route with this book to see if the author has a suggested scenic highway. We have traveled on approximately 20 of them in various areas in the US and have not been disappointed. Try it, you will like it and become a devoted reader as we have. Perhaps even give one to a friend, via Amazon.com, whom you know is retiring.

When I was a small child, I remember how my dad and I planned our vacations using the wonderful Mobil Travel Guides. I still use those to find out where to stay, but I use THIS book to find out where to go and what route to take.

Our family has driven at least 10 of these scenic drives on our vacations over the past few years. The pictures are breathtaking and the maps are excellent (of course - they're by National Geographic!). They also tell you how many miles this particular route is, and how long it will take. For each of the 200 spectacular drives, the book lists not-to-be missed highlights such as rivers, overlooks, museums, and other interesting landmarks that you might not see if you hadn't read this book.

The way I used this book was to decide what area of the country we wanted to go to, then I looked up the different drives and after I found a few good ones, THEN I used the trusty Mobil Travel Guides!

Buy this book - you'll love it!

Happy traveling!

I've just been to USA, in honeymoon. I've found this guide really useful and interesting. If you are traveling by car in USA, this guide helps you to find wonderful places, out of the most crowded turistic routes! I've planned my journey day by day reading this book and I've been very satisfied!

the book helped me pick some of the best routes i have driven on or visited otherwise in the states. lots of details and maps to help figure out things for yourself. definitely recommended for anyone planning to travel in the states and interested in nature.

We bought this book back in the late 1990's. We travelled thousands of miles through East-coast states following its indications, then children were born and we had to temporarily suspend our wandering. Now that children have (almost) turned into kids, we blew the dust off the cover and are planning a few more thousand miles through Southwest and West coast states ... still following the advice of this trusted guide.