Explore ancient Buffalo Tongue Rock, limestone chunks, an Indian stone circle and Medicine Wheel, nature trails, a granite chasm, waterfalls, and colorful carved cliffs.
The sixty-mile drive on U.S. 14 from Dayton to Shell takes approximately 2 hours. The highway is occasionally closed in the winter. Head west on U.S. 14 from Dayton and follow the Tongue River as it runs toward the Big Horn Mountains.
On your way to the Little Tongue River Canyon, pull over at the Sand Turn Pullout to watch Buffalo Tongue Rock. This is one of the rock layers that slanted as the Big Horn Mountains rose around 2.9 billion years ago. At the Little Tongue River Canyon, pull over at the Fallen City turnout to view huge limestone chunks that fell from the ridgeline along the canyon. To find the ancient Indian stone circle and Medicine Wheel, take the hour tour up U.S. 14A. Read more . . .
Crowds of people visit Yellowstone National Parks and Grand Teton each summer. If you plan to be one of them, you might appreciate getting out of the groups for a day or two during your visit. The succeeding 3 drives will take you through some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere in the United States. All 3 are 200 miles apart. For the most part, the best things about these little day trips are the absence of masses and the beautiful scenery. 
The Moapa Valley Drive offers excellent vistas of Lake Mead. The 110-mile long Lake Mead and the 1.5 million-acre recreation area were created with the construction of Hoover Dam. It took almost 2 years of tunneling and digging to divert the river, two years to block the canyon with about 7 million tons of concrete, and some 5000 workers working around the clock to complete the project. Checking and driving out the views in the Mead area will remind you of the enormousness of projects that humans can accomplish. The drive will take you about 2-1/2 hours. 
The 2-hour Lamoille Canyon Scenic Byway leads into the Ruby Mountains on Forest Road 660. This great drive is Mother Nature’s panorama at its best with mountains and desert. The 34-mile drive through the Humboldt National Forest is closed in the winter. Trace Route 227 east of Elko to the start of the byway. As soon as you are into the national forest, you’ll dead-end in Lamoille Canyon. To the right, you will see the 11,387-foot Ruby Dome. Just a short drive ahead is the Powerhouse Picnic Area. 
Driving the stretch of Alaska north to south is definitely not a proposition for the faint-hearted. We’ll take it in three detailed stages. Start off simple in Anchorage, and take Route 3 north. You’ll experience the grandeur of the nation with a selection of fine scenery. Prepare to spend some time at Denali National Park, home of Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America. A pit stop in Fairbanks will end this run for most first timers. If you want to push the limits a little more, pick up Route 2 to the Dalton Highway north out of Fairbanks for the next destination: the Arctic Circle. Once you get out of town, the road turns to gravel, but when you take a vehicle to Alaska, you’ve already made the decision to forsake