Are you looking for a cool road trip this summer? Try Colorado’s San Juan Skyway.
The 233-mile loop makes Yahoo Travel’s Top Ten Great All-American Road Trips.
It passes through two alpine national forests, four mountain passes and a handful of old west towns.
The 50-mile million dollar highway section of the route – from Silverton to Ouray – boasts particularly scenic curves through tunnels and atop waterfalls in the Red Mountains and Uncompahgre Gorge.
Others on the list:
• Alaska – Seward Highway
• Arizona – Dine’ Tah Scenic Road
• California – Pacific Coast Highway -aka Route 1
• Florida – Florida Keys Overseas Highway
• Minnesota – North Shore Drive
• New York – Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
• North Carolina & Virginia – Blue Ridge Parkway
• Oregon – Mt. Hood Scenic Byway
• South Dakota – Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway