# North America itineraries

Itineraries in North America

## Crossing more than one country

* 55.76083-120.235561 Alaska Highway road connecting Alaska with the rest of North America running primarily through Canada.
* 59.68942-142.7136212 Alaska Marine Highway
* 49.0022-122.75723 Amtrak Cascades
* 22.608056-102.3791674 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.
* 59.696944-135.2386115 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 43.075-77.1216 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

* Across Canada by train, 49.2737-123.09791 The Canadian, and 44.63962-63.567972 The Ocean
* 43.507222-79.9288893 Bruce Trail
* 67.214-135.5994 Dempster Highway
* 51.4527-116.28755 Driving between the Pacific Coast and the Rockies
* 50.0216-96.87276 Esker Trail
* 52.14-116.917 Icefields Parkway
* 56.1916-117.61018 Mackenzie Highway
* 45.426389-75.6980559 Rideau Canal
* 49.899-93.477310 Rock Point Trail
* 55.2653-128.063911 Stewart-Cassiar Highway
* 49.0074-123.130312 Sunshine Coast-Vancouver Island Circle Tour
* 48.4227-123.368813 Trans-Canada Highway and 53.529-117.27114 Yellowhead Highway
* 46.1607-79.394515 Trans Canada Trail
* 53.436389-63.41305616 Trans-Labrador Highway and 51.1-67.817 Quebec Route 389
* 44.34-77.0818 Windsor-Quebec corridor

## Costa Rica

* 9.4-84.219 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

* 13.85-89.7820 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

* 27.9-114.1621 Baja Whale Trail — a trip through the winter feeding and breeding areas where naturalists can see the world's largest mammals up close
* 22.608056-102.37916722 Camino Real de Tierra Adentro — longest of Mexico's "royal roads", built in the colonial era to support expansion and silver mining, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* 21.091-89.590323 Cenotes of the Yucatán — drive through the Yucatán Peninsula to explore underground pools and rivers
* 19.536703-101.61542524 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)
* 20.3594-89.771425 Ruta Puuc — official itinerary of Maya sites exemplifying Puuc architecture, following a 41 km network of secondary roads through Yucatán state
* 18.5-89.426 Ruta Rio Bec — official itinerary of Maya sites in Campeche exemplifying Rio Bec architecture
* 18.92-99.23727 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.
* 21.29-99.3928 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
* 30.3-110.129 Ruta de Rio Sonora — 250 km driving tour of small colonial towns along the Sonora River valley

## Nicaragua

* 10.947-83.73230 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

    See also: United States National Trails System, United States national parkways

### Across the USA

* 39.625556-105.7822221 American Discovery Trail
* 41.9538-70.66562 American Industry Tour
* 37.35175-80.381083 Appalachian Trail
* California Zephyr
* Continental Divide Trail
* 34.0541-118.24174 Easy Rider
* 41.8786-87.64035 Empire Builder
* 30.181397-89.8250026 Interstate 10 & Old Spanish Auto Trail
* Interstate 90
* 38.8023-90.10217 Lewis and Clark Trail
* Lincoln Highway
* 47.2397-95.20758 Mississippi River
* 39.08-94.439 Oregon Trail
* 39.0869-94.419710 Pony Express National Historic Trail
* 39.006952-89.7794811 Route 66
* 35.534444-113.42333312 Radiator Springs
* 38.9749-92.749713 Santa Fe Trail
* 29.9583-90.065414 The Jazz Track
* 42.7394-73.800915 Touring Shaker country
* 35.4868-83.322716 Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

### Alaska

* 70.191241-148.43138731 Dalton Highway
* 60.1245-149.43332 Iditarod Trail

### Eastern USA

* 43.9114-69.965733 Downeaster
* 41.9583-70.667834 From Plymouth to Hampton Roads
* 42.640833-72.95361135 The Mohawk Trail
* 42.8866-78.879336 Buffalo-Pittsburgh Highway
* 39.2631-76.5837 Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
* 47.2482-68.602438 U.S. Highway 1
* Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

#### Maryland

* 39.2906-76.645339 The Wire Tour

#### Massachusetts

* 42.357501-71.06351340 Boston Black Heritage Trail
* 42.359958-71.05675641 Freedom Trail

#### New Jersey

* 39.764-74.10642 Lighthouses in New Jersey A driving/boating tour of New Jersey's lighthouses.

#### New York

* 40.7047-74.014443 Broadway A 33-mile road linking Manhattan's Times Square with the historic village of Sleepy Hollow.
* 42.233-73.83144 Empire Service – A train line connecting Manhattan to Niagara Falls via Albany and Buffalo
* 43.0234-78.881645 Erie Canal
* 42.9-78.8346 Historic Churches of Buffalo's East Side A half day urban driving tour in Buffalo.

### Western USA

* 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

* 37.6449-121.78247 Arroyo del Valle Trail in the East Bay
* 37.6197-121.752748 East Shore Trail near Lake Del Valle in the East Bay
* 32.7845-117.106449 El Camino Real
* 37.817-121.99550 Iron Horse Trail, a rail trail for biking and walking in the East Bay
* 37.5687-121.699251 Ohlone Wilderness Trail in the East Bay
* 38.1524-122.571852 Olompali–Petaluma–Sonoma historic parks in the California Wine Country
* 36.7544-121.765353 Pacific Coast Highway
* 37.740513-122.4418954 San Francisco Crosstown Trail

#### Washington

* 48.0258-121.44455 Mountain Loop Highway, a pleasant day-long summer drive through the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
* 47.41-121.3856 Mountains to Sound Greenway, a National Scenic Byway through the Central Cascades
* 48.08-121.1757 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

* 39.3354-118.521258 Loneliest Road in America

#### New Mexico

* -106.65111-106.6511159 Breaking Bad Tour, searching out sets of the acclaimed AMC TV series in Albuquerque

### Central USA
#### Great Plains

* 48.0811-105.575460 Floating the Missouri River

### Midwest
#### Illinois

* 41.89535-87.62431961 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

* 42.3094-83.162162 Motorcities Tour

#### Ohio

* 39.2688-84.270463 Little Miami Bike Trail in southwest Ohio
* 39.111-84.51964 Ohio to Erie Trail

#### Wisconsin

* 42.7944-89.630265 Craft brewery tour of Southwest Wisconsin
* 45.4281-92.645966 Ice Age Trail

### South

* 33.425-94.042867 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.
* 35.5131-83.29468 Blue Ridge Parkway
* 40.4034-79.868669 Braddock Expedition
* 32.8505-81.080170 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.
* 36.0343-86.97671 Natchez Trace Parkway
* 32.4303-85.707872 Black Belt
* 32.3778-86.300673 Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail

#### Georgia

* 33.7538-84.391674 Old South and New South tour of Atlanta

### Florida

* 28.8072-80.95675 East Central Regional Rail Trail
* 28.9341-81.083176 Lake Ashby Boardwalk

### Texas

* 28.81-96.6677 A Taste of Coastal Texas A three-day weekend drive along State Highway 35
* Canoeing the San Marcos River

### Hawaii

* 18.9111-155.68178 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

## See also

* United States National Trails System