Scenic drives in New York
10 curated roads, 6 paved and 4 gravel, across NY. Every road here was researched and verified rather than pulled off a listicle, and each is paired with the town worth basing yourself in.
- Hawk's Nest (NY 97)
- Kaaterskill Clove (NY 23A) & Stony Clove
- Letchworth Gorge Rim Drive
- Perkins Memorial Dr & Seven Lakes Dr
- Watkins Glen & the Seneca Lake loops
- Whiteface Memorial Hwy & Cascade Pass (NY 73)
- Delaware County dirt circuit
- Keuka Gravel Classic & Finger Lakes NF
- Moose River Rd & the Black Fly
- Moose River Rd & the Black Fly Challenge
The turn-by-turn routes are members-only. Each of these roads has a verified Google Maps route that actually draws the road — the part that took the work, and the part interactive maps usually get wrong. Those live in the full Drives Atlas, which opens with an email. No account, no password.
Driving one of these?
Turn on “Avoid highways” in your maps app first. Otherwise you get rerouted onto the interstate and skip the entire point of the road.