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Top Ten Fall Foliage Drives

Posted by Intelligent Travel on September 10, 2009
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There’s a chill in the air, the kids are back to school, and you’re packing up your summer clothes. Fall is fast approaching, and with it comes the opportunity to take in nature’s kaleidoscope of colors.

But where should you go? Thankfully, the National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways & Byways has pulled together a great list of routes where you take in all of autumn’s glory, and if you order the book now, you’ll receive a 20 percent discount. Check out their top ten list of routes, and read the complete driving details here.

1. Acadia Byway, Maine

2. Three Rivers Scenic Drive, New Hampshire

3. Mohawk Trail Drive, Massachusetts

4. Rhode Island 77, Rhode Island

5. Canaan Valley Byway, Virginia & West Virginia

6. Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia & North Carolina

7. Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway, Kansas

8. Talimena Scenic Drive, Oklahoma & Arkansas

9. Beartooth Highway, Wyoming

10. Avenue of the Giants, California

Have another great autumn drive? Let us know in the comments below. And visit our Drives of Lifetime for more outstanding routes. 

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  1. Robin
    September 10, 2009, 1:15 pm

    I can’t believe vermont was left off.

  2. Dan
    September 10, 2009, 5:12 pm

    No drives in Michigan??? What are you guys thinking?

  3. Rodney
    September 10, 2009, 6:06 pm

    Idyllwild, California! Strawberry Creek Inn

  4. una idea
    September 10, 2009, 6:30 pm

    Nice picture…

  5. Carla Reed
    September 29, 2009, 3:49 pm

    Don’t forget northern Minnesota! Early in the season the north is very beautiful and as we get closer to Halloween, the south gets even more spectacular.

  6. matt
    September 29, 2009, 4:51 pm

    I think you need to drive route 142 from vernon Vt north to canada. Your choices? OKlahoma Kansas? Maybe for some BBQ or football? North Carolina? If you like lots of trash with your fall colors I guess. Vermont is by far the best place to see the leaves change!!!!!! Just dont talk politics with the Bernie sanders or patrick leahy supporters in that state.Socialists like or new Government we have now.

  7. Rick Blunk
    September 29, 2009, 5:27 pm

    You haven’t really seen fall color until you’ve driven through Brown County Indiana in the fall. John Mellencamp built his home and recording compound there for a reason. It’s magical.

  8. Norm Lechner
    September 29, 2009, 6:08 pm

    You’re really missing the boat if you leave out the upper peninsula of Michigan.

  9. ForestWanderer
    October 2, 2009, 9:34 am

    I am so glad that you included West Virginia.
    It is a truly amazing place and the fall colors here are simply amazing.
    If you come here don’t go to Charleston or the capitol area. It is nice, but head to the mountains in the Monongahela forest.
    You will see some of the most beautiful areas on earth.
    Almost Heaven…

  10. Erica Houskeeper
    October 4, 2009, 3:12 pm

    There are so many incredible scenic drives in Vermont, especially in the fall. Route 100 is always a crowd pleaser, and so is Route 108 between Stowe and Cambridge, VT.
    For lesser known routes in VT, try Route 125 between Hancock and Middlebury, and Route 22A between Fair Haven and Vergennes.

  11. Terry Vetrono
    October 18, 2009, 7:22 am

    The Great River Road on the eastern bank of the mighty Mississippi, that would be Wisconsin folks. Also for midwesterners, Hwy. 2 running east/west through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can be outstanding. Who ever did this list is biased to the east coast, could you imagine that? Anyone who has a high school science understanding of biology will come to see that timing is the key and it depends on where you are at any given moment, the trees and foliage do not have any say in the matter. Good viewing to all.

  12. vickie
    October 18, 2009, 8:51 am

    And Helen GA. BEAUTIFUL….

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  15. algoan
    September 23, 2010, 10:27 am

    I second the vote for Brown County, Indiana!! There are many beautiful drives, but this entire county is just stunning in the Autumn!