Scenic Drives & Byways in Maine
Maine has 12 scenic drives and byways to explore — including 1 All-American Road and 11 State Scenic Byways. Pick any road below to see it on the map, or plan a Maine trip in the Road Sorties route planner with scenic-road routing turned on.
All scenic roads in Maine
Types of scenic byways in Maine
- All-American Road 1
- All-American Roads are the top tier of America's National Scenic Byways. To earn the title a road has to be a destination in its own right — offering features so exceptional, across several intrinsic qualities (scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational), that they can't be found anywhere else.
- State Scenic Byway 11
- State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Featured road trips in Maine
- Acadia National Park: Park Loop Road
27 miles of coastal mountain scenery — rocky headlands, ocean cliffs, a roaring blow hole, and Bar Harbor at the end.