Behold excellent views of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, a canyon trail with petroglyphs, views of the canyons, domes, towers, and large blocks of sandstone.
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. Read more . . .
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. 
If you were touring the great state of Montana, using the national parks back in the days before interstates, and when U.S. highways served as the main arterial cross-country routes, the main route between Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park would have been U.S. 89.
Situated within the confines of Glacier National Park is Going-to-the-Sun Highway, one of the most beautiful of all the national parks, and a 50-mile length of zigzagging, incredibly scenic roadway. A very narrow, 2-lane road, Going-to-the-Sun Highway changes scenery, beginning with prairie grasslands in the east to dense mountain vistas and forests in the west. This is the only road across the park’s one million acres, and much, if not all of it, is closed by late September because of heavy snowfall. Coming and going out of West Glacier, you’ll have to endure the ever-present budget motels, gift shops, and the rush of tourists in peak season. 
This is a gorgeous route, encompassing deserts, river valleys, and mountains. It also touches on historical themes like Indian conflicts, mining, exploration, trapping, and settlement. The5-hour, 196-mile cruise, accessible spring through fall, starts at Stanley, on the floor of the Stanley Basin, with spectacular scenes of Idaho’s largest peaks, the Sawtooth Ridge. The Stanley Museum, situated in a historic ranger station on Route 75, provides a comprehensive overview of the area’s past.