Best 15 US Roads Challenge History
The SCMA Best 15 US Roads Tour was created in 2011 incorporating an idea from the AMA when they published the best 15 roads in the US.
All Roads Listed 2011 – 2022
Beartooth Pass / Chief Joseph Scenic Highways Red Lodge to Cody
Blue Ridge Parkway – Any 150-mile segment
The Tail of the Dragon / Cherohala Skyway
US 550 – Million Dollar Highway Durango to Montrose
CA1 – PCH – Monterey to Moro Bay
Going to the Sun Road Glacier National Park
CA36 – Susanville to Alton
US12 Idaho – The Lolo Trail Lewiston ID to Lolo MT
CA2 – Angeles Crest Hwy Wrightwood to La Canada Flintridge
Natchez Trace – Originally “The Length”
US33 – Harrisonburg VA to Seneca Rocks Later extended to Elkins, WV
CA58 – McKittrick to Santa Margarita
OH170 – Calcutta to Poland
WA129 / OR3 Clarkston, WA to Enterprise OR
WA20 – Concrete to Omak
Twisted Sisters RR337 / RR336/ RR335 TX41 Medina to Camp Wood
US16A – Iron Mountain Road Custer to Keystone, SD
CO12- Highway of Legends Trinidad to La Veta
VT100 – Stamford to Waterbury, VT
US191 – Three Way to Springerville, AZ
UT12 – Brice Canyon to Torrey
US50 – Ely, NV to Carson City, NV
Kancamagus Scenic Byway – Lincoln to Mt Washington Auto Road
VA16 – The Back of the Dragon – Tazewell to Marion
Big Bend Nat Park – Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive to Santa Elena Canyon
Acadia National Park – The Park Loop
CA70 – Oroville to Quincy
UT128 – Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric HWY I-70 ex204 to Moab
Great River Road – WI 35 Prairie du Chien to LaCrosse, WI
Ozark Hellbender – MO 19 Cuba to Winona
Rocky Mt Nat Park – Walden Loop
Apache Trail – Roosevelt Dam to Tortilla Flat, AZ (NOT the Direct route)
OH555 – The Triple Nickel – Zanesville to Little Hocking
AR23 – Arkansas Pig Trail – Ozark to Eureka Springs
US163 – Monument Valley – Kayenta AZ to Bluff UT
CO 145 – San Juan Skyway – Cortez to Placerville
ID55 – Payette River Run – Horseshoe Bend to Cascade
US14 – Big Horn Run – Ranchester to Greybull, WY
Geronimo Trail Hatch to Silver City NM (NM Routes 26,27,152,35 15)
MI 22 – Tunnel of Trees – Cross Village to Empire (MI Routes 119,31, 22)
Theodore Roosevelt Nat Park Park Loop (I-94 ex24) Medora ND
Enchanted Circle Loop out of Taos NM (US64, NM38, NM522)