Map of North America itineraries
Crossing more than one country
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- 1 Alaska Highway road connecting Alaska with the rest of North America running primarily through Canada.
- 2 Alaska Marine Highway
- 3 Amtrak Cascades
- 4 Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is the historic Spanish silver mining route, a 2,600 km route from Mexico City, through northern Mexico, into the United States, ending in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The route is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site route. - 5 Chilkoot Trail A 33 mi (53 km) hike from the coast of Dyea, Alaska to Lake Bennett in British Columbia.
- Driving between the contiguous United States and the Alaska Highway
- The 6 Maple Leaf is an international train service between New York City and Toronto via Niagara Falls.
- Pan American Highway is a series of routes that passes through Alaska, Canada, the contiguous United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in North America.
- The Underground Railroad was a network of disparate historical routes used by African-American slaves to escape the "slave states" in the South to the Northern states ("Free states"). Some escaped slaves continued north from the United States to Canada while others went south to Mexico to reach freedom. Today many of the "stations" along the "railroads" serve as museums and memorials to the former slaves' journey north.
Canada
[edit]- Across Canada by train, 1 The Canadian, and 2 The Ocean
- 3 Bruce Trail
- 4 Dempster Highway
- 5 Driving between the Pacific Coast and the Rockies
- 6 Esker Trail
- 7 Icefields Parkway
- 8 Mackenzie Highway
- 9 Rideau Canal
- 10 Rock Point Trail
- 11 Stewart-Cassiar Highway
- 12 Sunshine Coast-Vancouver Island Circle Tour
- 13 Trans-Canada Highway and 14 Yellowhead Highway
- 15 Trans Canada Trail
- 16 Trans-Labrador Highway and 17 Quebec Route 389
- 18 Windsor-Quebec corridor
Costa Rica
[edit]- 19 Camino de Costa Rica — official route across Costa Rica, passing through multiple ecosystems, two national parks, and showcasing some of the country's most spectacular scenery
El Salvador
[edit]- 20 Ruta de las Flores — official itinerary with marked rural roads passing through quaint mountain villages and colonial era historical sites in the highlands of Western El Salvador
Mexico
[edit]- 21 Baja Whale Trail — a trip through the winter feeding and breeding areas where naturalists can see the world's largest mammals up close
- 22 Camino Real de Tierra Adentro — longest of Mexico's "royal roads", built in the colonial era to support expansion and silver mining
- 23 Cenotes of the Yucatán — drive through the Yucatán Peninsula to explore underground pools and rivers
- 24 Ruta Don Vasco — follow in the steps of Don Vasco de Quiroga, first bishop of Michoacan as he settles the unruly Purhepecha people in Colonial Mexico (an official tourist route sponsored by SECTUR)
- 25 Ruta Puuc — official itinerary of Maya sites exemplifying Puuc architecture, following a 41 km network of secondary roads through Yucatán state
- 26 Ruta Rio Bec — official itinerary of Maya sites in Campeche exemplifying Rio Bec architecture
- 27 Ruta de los Conventos del Popocatépetl — A challenging week long bicycle tour visiting the earliest 16th-century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl. Along the way you‘ll cross two national parks, an active volcano, and more historical sites than any reasonable person would ever want to visit.
- 28 Ruta Misiones de la Sierra Gorda — official itinerary of the five historic Franciscan missions in the Sierra Gorda mountains that make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- 29 Ruta de Rio Sonora — 250 km driving tour of small colonial towns along the Sonora River valley
Nicaragua
[edit]- 30 Ruta del Tránsito — follow in the path of 19th century prospectors and frontiersmen as they sought the shortest and fastest route across the American continent, from the Caribbean coast, sail up the San Juan River and across Lake Nicaragua to Granada where land-based transit will take you the rest of the way to the Pacific coast
United States
[edit]Across the USA
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Itineraries in the Eastern United States
- 1 American Discovery Trail
- 2 American Industry Tour
- 3 Appalachian Trail
- California Zephyr
- Continental Divide Trail
- 4 Easy Rider
- 5 Empire Builder
- 6 Interstate 10 & Old Spanish Auto Trail
- Interstate 90
- 7 Lewis and Clark Trail
- Lincoln Highway
- 8 Mississippi River
- 9 Oregon Trail
- 10 Pony Express National Historic Trail
- 11 Route 66
- 12 Radiator Springs
- 13 Santa Fe Trail
- 14 The Jazz Track
- 15 Touring Shaker country
- 16 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Alaska
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Itineraries in Alaska and Yukon
Eastern USA
[edit]- 33 Downeaster
- 34 From Plymouth to Hampton Roads
- 35 The Mohawk Trail
- 36 Buffalo-Pittsburgh Highway
- 37 Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
- 38 U.S. Highway 1
- Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
Maryland
[edit]Massachusetts
[edit]New Jersey
[edit]- 42 Lighthouses in New Jersey A driving/boating tour of New Jersey's lighthouses.
New York
[edit]- 43 Broadway A 33-mile road linking Manhattan's Times Square with the historic village of Sleepy Hollow.
- 44 Empire Service – A train line connecting Manhattan to Niagara Falls via Albany and Buffalo
- 45 Erie Canal
- 46 Historic Churches of Buffalo's East Side A half day urban driving tour in Buffalo.
Western USA
[edit]- Interstate 5 & Route 99 through three Pacific States along the west coast.
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Amtrak Cascades An Amtrak route that runs 2x daily from Vancouver BC to Eugene, Oregon through Washington and Oregon and 4x daily between Seattle and Portland.
California
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Itineraries in the United States' west coast states
- 47 Arroyo del Valle Trail in the East Bay
- 48 East Shore Trail near Lake Del Valle in the East Bay
- 49 El Camino Real
- 50 Iron Horse Trail, a rail trail for biking and walking in the East Bay
- 51 Ohlone Wilderness Trail in the East Bay
- 52 Olompali–Petaluma–Sonoma historic parks in the California Wine Country
- 53 Pacific Coast Highway
- 54 San Francisco Crosstown Trail
Washington
[edit]- 55 Mountain Loop Highway, a pleasant day-long summer drive through the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
- 56 Mountains to Sound Greenway, a National Scenic Byway through the Central Cascades
- 57 North Cascade Loop, a scenic drive through the pristine mountains, grand rivers, crystalline lakes and scenic islands across the northern part of the state.
Nevada
[edit]New Mexico
[edit]- 59 Breaking Bad Tour, searching out sets of the acclaimed AMC TV series in Albuquerque
Central USA
[edit]Great Plains
[edit]Midwest
[edit]Illinois
[edit]- 61 Along the Magnificent Mile A one-day and night sightseeing tour on foot of Chicago.
- Loop Art Tour A half day walking tour in central Chicago.
Michigan
[edit]Ohio
[edit]- 63 Little Miami Bike Trail in southwest Ohio
- 64 Ohio to Erie Trail
Wisconsin
[edit]Rocky Mountains
[edit]South
[edit]- 67 Bandit Run is a re-enactment of the road traveled in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit from Texarkana, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia; through Tupelo, Mississippi and Birmingham, Alabama.
- 68 Blue Ridge Parkway
- 69 Braddock Expedition
- 70 Forrest Gump tour is a tour of the sites used for the filming of the 1994 comedy film Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump the main character. The majority of the scenes were filmed in and around Beaufort, South Carolina and in Savannah, Georgia. Other scenes were filmed in Los Angeles, California and in Washington DC too.
- 71 Natchez Trace Parkway
- 72 Black Belt
- 73 Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
Georgia
[edit]- 74 Old South and New South tour of Atlanta
Florida
[edit]Texas
[edit]- 76 A Taste of Coastal Texas A three-day weekend drive along State Highway 35
- Canoeing the San Marcos River
Hawaii
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Itineraries in Hawaii
- 77 Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
- Ala Kahakai Kaloko-Honokohau Trail is a short 5 km (3.1 mi) section of Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail