What's the coolest view from the highway in your state?

"Rainbow" (rainbeaux) 05/16/2016 at 09:51 • Filed to: None

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I see this on my way to work, and Street View really doesn’t do it enough justice: On I-85 SB, right around mile 107 in Georgia, you get my favorite view of Stone Mountain. It’s the second-largest granite monolith in the world after Uluru in Australia, and it’s hard to comprehend the scale of the thing until you see it towering over the horizon like this.

So, what’s the best view from your commute? Or the best you know of from your general area?

yitznewton > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 09:57

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Well, there’s a lot of highway in NJ I don’t know about... but I was struck by the view on the Garden State Parkway South as you clear the top of the bridge over the Raritan River. That swoop of highway... so much desire to go WOT down the hill and around those curves at the bottom!

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:00

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I feel like I get spoiled by going down the Don Valley Parking Lot Parkway during the rare trafficless times.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:02

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Considering most of my area look like this

I’m going province-wide, and when you do that, you get some pretty good views. This is just east of Jasper, about 5 hours away from where I live.

Eberle-Hills-Cop > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:04

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Franconia Notch, I-93. New Hampshire.

Rainbow > not for canada - australian in disguise 05/16/2016 at 10:07

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Now THAT is impressive!

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:08

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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:09

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I like these two...

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.24613…

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.42377…

interstate366, now In The Industry > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:18

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I’ve always liked the Powhite Parkway bridge over the James River in Richmond.

https://goo.gl/maps/o8Ybtb1bp…

Also in the city, Riverside Drive has great views in the winter, but the rest of the year trees block it. Elsewhere in Virginia you have tons of mountain roads with great views.

EL_ULY > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:23

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West or South Texas highway at dusk on a cloudy day looking west

My commute:

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:26

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From my commute? Basically this, just imagine the perspective being a little bit lower and slightly more impeded by trees. The perspective from street view is all wrong and doesn’t even hint at what you actually see when driving, so this is as close as I’m going to get since there is no way I’m going to take a picture whole driving.

crowmolly > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:28

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NJ Route 78 near Warren Twp. During the fall it’s like this for miles.

Milky > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:34

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Different kinds of views.

and I’m going to cheat a bit because M1 (Woodward) was like the first highway.

jamsley > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:35

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From my province on duffey lake road

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 10:45

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FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 11:02

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Not the best in state (IMO those are out West in the mountains), but on my commute I’m pretty fond of the I-410 interchanges around SA with downtown off in the distance (you can see it on the right on this merge from I-10 East onto NW I-410 West).

(And here you can just see the downtown skyline peeking through between the layers of the interchange from US-281 Southbound onto NW I-410 East.)

Also, Google Street View has no idea how to handle this...

Finally, I grew up in Pittsburgh and have always loved the drama of coming out of the Fort Pitt tunnel on I-376 right onto this bridge.

DoYouEvenShift > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 11:07

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Not my commute, but not far from me. Highway 1.

DoYouEvenShift > EL_ULY 05/16/2016 at 11:08

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West Texas sunsets are the best, I do miss them.

Bad Idea Hat > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 11:41

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For the entire state of Ohio?

Really, Ohio has some amazing back roads. The highways are not where the good views are.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 11:42

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Nashville’s Interstates were just cut through solid rock hills. This is a small one I found on Google. Also downtown Nashville at night is A+ material but I can’t find a good picture.

facw > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 12:04

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Ah Stone Mountain. A big rock with a relatively small carving of traitors. I do hope they go through with the MLK monument on top.

Ones that jump out at me are the view of downtown Austin from the top of the I-35/Ben White interchange, and the view when the Mormon Temple comes into view from the DC Beltway’s outer loop.

Pickup_man > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 12:35

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My favorite view from South Dakota is right when you pop over the hill on I-90 overlooking the Missouri River in Chamberlain. It goes from flat plains

Then you come up on the bridge

Then bam! Glorious Missouri River

Which honestly, the pictures don’t do it justice. Sure we have the Black Hills and the Badlands which most people would say are the coolest highway views in our state, but for me this will always be my favorite. It’s just such a sudden transformation from hours of rolling plains then you pop over this hill and suddenly there is this beautiful river valley and river.

RPM esq. > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 13:01

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This is what “towering over the horizon” looks like (Mount Rainier, viewed from roughly 70 miles away, on I-5 just south of downtown Seattle).

Every morning, I drive over a freeway bridge from which, on sunny days, I can see the Olympic range on the right, the Cascades on the left, the downtown skyline ahead and to the right and Mount Rainier ahead and to the left. Here’s the right-side view in Street View, on a somewhat hazy day (downtown on the left, Olympics on the right):

RallyWrench > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 13:45

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Not my pictures, but this is every morning during Winter and Spring, green hills and farmland. It turns brown about now except for the fields.

I then make a left onto the road below about a mile and half from the above pic, which threads between two minor peaks before dropping into town. This is the view out my left window immediately upon turning.

Paulinator > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 05/16/2016 at 14:06

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That photo might be OK if Chicago wasn’t in the back ground.

Ha, just kidding! Down-stater here!

FoilyDoily > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 14:34

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From the Turnpike extension, approaching the Holland Tunnel, you get an incredible view of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Outbound, at night, the view is even more incredible. Can’t find any pictures, but it’s pretty amazing anyway.

FoilyDoily > crowmolly 05/16/2016 at 14:35

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I live near here and it is amazing.

Chasaboo > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 16:42

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Dude, here in California, there’s too many to pick from.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Rainbow 05/16/2016 at 19:50

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Probably my favourite local paved highway view. Looking North from Manitoba’s PTH 10 towards Dauphin, from Riding Mountain National Park. It’s when you crest this final hill that you begrudingly accept that you’re on a mountain. It’s beautiful on a clear day, but that’s the only photo I’ve got.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Milky 05/17/2016 at 12:07

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U.S. 2 is hateful to drive. In the winter the weather coming off the lake sucks, and in the summer it is clogged up with RV’s going 15 under and nowhere to pass and you’re going to get a ticket if you do pass. I’ll take anywhere in the Keweenaw Peninsula over U.S. 2. But really, the best view from the road in Michigan has to be the top of Brockway Mountain Drive.

Or maybe crossing the Bridge, but that puts you way too close to U.S. 2 for comfort.

Too bad most of my times crossing that were in the winter driving between MTU and southeast Michigan.

Milky > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 05/17/2016 at 12:42

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I’ve never been past Houghton ... or even to the U.P. in the last few years. I need to get back up there soon. BUT the few times I’ve driven U.S. 2 it was traffic free and lovely. Guess I just pick my driving times well.

DrScientist > Rainbow 05/17/2016 at 13:56

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unfortunately this is from brooklyn ;) but its the view that counts, right?

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Rainbow 05/17/2016 at 16:01

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(Not my picture) In Washington, you can see Mount Rainier from I-5 and other connecting highways.