Notes from the road.
One corridor at a time — the roads, the overlooks that carry their own mileposts, and what a day out on them actually collects.
- Corridors · Vol. 028
Four lookouts and thirteen waterfalls
Oregon's Historic Columbia River has four catalogued lookouts and thirteen waterfalls on the byway itself, all thirteen within eight miles of each other.
- Corridors · Vol. 027
Three overlooks together, and one out on its own
Three of the seven lookouts on Utah's Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway sit inside three quarters of a mile. One sits forty-eight miles from any other.
- Corridors · Vol. 026
Seven lookouts, and four of them say Denali
Four of the seven lookouts on Alaska's George Parks Highway carry the name Denali View, and three of them sit inside six tenths of a mile.
- Corridors · Vol. 025
Twenty viewpoints, and the seals got four of the names
Four of the twenty lookouts on California's San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway are named for seals. Two others share the name Vista Pt.
- Corridors · Vol. 024
Four overlooks together, and one on its own
Four of the five overlooks on Oregon's Hells Canyon byway sit within six tenths of a mile. The fifth, named for the canyon, stands nineteen miles off.
- Corridors · Vol. 023
A river road where the hills got the names
Seven of the fourteen lookouts on the Connecticut River Byway are named for high ground. None of the fourteen is named for the river.
- Corridors · Vol. 022
Three vistas, and just over a mile between them
The three vistas on Arizona's Red Rock Scenic Byway sit within about a mile. The one named for Bell Rock is the farthest of the three from it.
- Corridors · Vol. 021
Six viewpoints, and the mountain comes last
One of the six viewpoints on the Chinook Scenic Byway is named for Mount Rainier. It is the last on the list, sixteen miles from the first.
- Corridors · Vol. 020
Nineteen lookouts, and three of them are blinds
Eleven of the nineteen lookouts on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail are named for what you look from: towers, decks, mounds, blinds, a cliff top.
- Corridors · Vol. 019
Twelve lookouts, 138 miles, one short stretch
Oregon's Volcanic Legacy runs 138 miles, and all twelve of its catalogued lookouts sit within six and a half straight-line miles of each other.
- Corridors · Vol. 018
One valley, catalogued three times
Three of the seven lookouts on the Newfound Gap Road Byway are Deep Creek Valley. Six of the seven sit within just over two miles of each other.
- Corridors · Vol. 017
Six lookouts, and the tide is on the list twice
The six lookouts on Alaska's Seward Highway are named for a marsh, a point, two lakes and, twice, a tide. None shares a name with a nearby peak.
- Corridors · Vol. 016
Three curves, three rocks and an altitude
All ten overlooks on Colorado's Trail Ridge Road sit inside eleven straight-line miles. Three are named for curves, three for rock, one for an altitude.
- Corridors · Vol. 015
Ten overlooks, and the long waits come last
Seven of the ten overlooks on Minnesota's North Shore Scenic Drive fall inside 56 straight-line miles. The last three are spread across the next 82.
- Corridors · Vol. 014
Eleven overlooks, and seven of them in one place
Seven of the eleven overlooks on New York's Lakes to Locks Passage sit within three quarters of a mile of each other. The other four are scattered.
- Corridors · Vol. 013
A town where eight streets each end in a view
Eight of the twenty overlooks on Oregon's Pacific Coast are named for the streets that reach them, and all eight sit within a quarter of a mile.
- Corridors · Vol. 011
A road that counts itself in mileposts
Six of the twelve surfaced overlooks carry their milepost in their own name. They run from 105.6 to 411.8 — three hundred miles of numbered stopping.
- Corridors · Vol. 012
A desert road that names itself after water
Four of the fourteen overlooks on Utah's Highway 12 carry water in their names, and a fifth is named for what water leaves behind. The road crosses a desert.
- Corridors · Vol. 009
Named for a mountain it never reaches
Mount Kancamagus stands 1,127 m, seven tenths of a mile off the road that carries its name. The five overlooks face water and low hills instead.
- Corridors · Vol. 010
An All-American Road where nothing is from here
An Eiffel Tower, a Paris balloon, flamingos, a shark reef, and five museums of other people's pasts. The Strip's roster is a list of somewhere else.
- Corridors · Vol. 003
Everything on the Beartooth is named for height
Butte, mountain, peak, palisades, cliffs, bluff, vista. The named features along this All-American Road describe elevation and almost nothing else.
- Corridors · Vol. 004
Route 66 builds monuments to businesses
On Route 66 through central Illinois, one stop is a memorial to a restaurant and another is a restaurant's sign, listed as a place in its own right.
- Corridors · Vol. 005
On Big Sur, the bridges are the landmarks
Bixby Creek, Rocky Creek, Granite Canyon. Three bridges are surfaced as places along Route 1, and one of them is also a viewpoint in its own right.
- Corridors · Vol. 006
The Parkway is numbered, not signposted
The Blue Ridge Parkway measures itself in mileposts, and 73 of its overlooks are named after the number they stand at.
- Corridors · Vol. 007
The Keys road has two overlooks and three national parks
Both surfaced overlooks on the Florida Keys Hwy are called Observation Tower and Observation Platform. On this road, there is nothing to pull off and look at.
- Corridors · Vol. 008
A loop through what the mines left
A historic mine cart. A gulch turntable. Four town museums and three hot springs. The San Juan Skyway collects the leftovers of an industry.
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