What are Your Favorite U.S. Trucking Routes Based on Scenery, Weather, etc.?

If you don't like the scenery just wait an hour for it to change. Lol.

Oh I don't know. Passing the closest scale and rest area on the way home is my favorite scenary.

 

Rio Rico, AZ to Santa Rosa, CA.
(968 total trip miles)

Just one of numerous trips I've run over the years that fits your specific criteria...the diversity of the topography from point A to B is magnificent.

Route:

Rio Rico, AZ


Head west on Avenida Coatimunditoward Hodges Cir

0.3 mi

Turn right onto Pendleton Dr

0.7 mi

Turn left onto Rio Rico Dr

1.2 mi

Turn right to merge onto I-19 N

0.3 mi

Merge onto I-19 N

52.2 mi

Take the exit on the left onto I-10 Wtoward Phoenix

111 mi

Keep left at the fork to stay on I-10 W, follow signs for Interstate 10 W/Los Angeles

314 mi

Take exit 77C for California 210 toward California 330/Pasadena/Running Springs

0.8 mi

Continue onto CA-210 W

41.2 mi

Continue onto I-210 W

18.3 mi

Take the I-210 W exit toward San Fernando

0.1 mi

Keep left and merge onto I-210 W

5.9 mi

Keep left at the fork to stay on I-210 W

18.9 mi

Take exit 1A on the left for I-5 N/Golden State Fwy toward Sacramento

0.6 mi

Keep left at the fork, follow signs and merge onto I-5 N/Golden State Fwy

59.5 mi

Keep right at the fork to stay on I-5 N, follow signs for Interstate 5 N/San Francisco/Sacramento

226 mi

Keep left to continue on I-580 W, follow signs for Tracy/San Francisco

46.3 mi

Keep right at the fork to stay on I-580 W, follow signs for Oakland/San Francisco

15.6 mi

Take the I-580 W/I-80 E exit toward Berkeley/Sacramento

0.8 mi

Keep left and merge onto I-580 W/I-80 E

3.5 mi

Take exit 13B for I-580 toward San Rafael/Point Richmond

0.5 mi

Continue onto I-580 W

13.0 mi

Merge onto US-101 N

37.1 mi

Take exit 489 toward Downtown Santa Rosa

Truck Stops:

There are a wide variety of truck stops to choose from along this route, but one of the best in the country is the Triple T in Tuscon, AZ. Great restaurant (Omar's Hi Way Chef) was featured on The Travel Channel. This truck stop refuses to conform and retains its vintage charm, reminding one of truck stops from yesteryear.

 

I like I-80. Lots of different scenery, lots of wildlife to look at, and I like to watch the Midwest harvest in the fall. As far as reliable weather, it's VERY reliable. You can experience all 4 seasons in the space of 600 miles

 

I84 from Salt Lake City to Portland. Great mountains, endless rolling hills in Idaho, and coming into the home stretch is the Columbia River Gorge, one of the most beautiful interstates in the country. It's about 775 miles point to point.

The weather can get squirrelly in the winter, and sometimes you get a bit of heavy traffic getting out of SLC, but it is by far one of the most enjoyable runs we've done and we swing out there as often as we can.

 

Give her a personal tour. You got this'

 

Boise, ID to Central California Valley via 95/6

Lubbock, TX to SLC, UT via 84/550/191

high quality truck stops are becoming hard to find.

 

U.S. 95 all the way from Canada to Cali. Just absolutely breathtaking.

 

Denver to Vegas via 70 is nice, but hard if heavy.

 

And that pesky winter thing.