Just a little something to keep the motorcycling daydreams working overtime.
Click each photo to find the original photogs work in flickr.
Morocco – Dadès Gorge
Romania – Transfăgărăşan Highway
Tibet
Highway 42 – Door County, Wisconsin
India – The Gata Loops
Italy – Stelvio Pass
Switzerland – Furka Pass
Colorado – Pikes Peak
Chile-Argentina – Paso Libertadores
Utah – Moki Dugway
Planning a riding trip from afar has it’s challenges. Without local knowledge of a place you can only estimate what a place will be like. The internet really helps to make the universe a little smaller with blog posts, websites and photos from all over the globe.
While looking for information on Ebbetts Pass in California, Google steered me to America’s Byways – National Scenic Byways Online, a site I have used before.
Some California Scenic Byways listed on the site:
The website itself doesn’t tout the roads as being “great motorcycle roads”. But it does give you some indication that the roads will be, you know… scenic.
America’s Byways are designated for at least one of these intrinsic qualities: archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic. Each invites you to “Come Closer” and drive, ride, climb, hike, and learn on America’s Byways.
-America’s Byways FAQ
As with all of your travel plans, you should double check on a map that these are the types of roads you are looking for. But, in California where the beautiful scenery and the great motorcycle roads are limitless – how can I go wrong picking a few gems off of their list?
TIP: Byways.org will send you a free paper map of with the routes highlighted on it. I just noticed that my map is postmarked as March 2000. I guess maybe I should think about getting an updated version!
Have you had good luck using Byways.org?