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A barrage of warning signs may indicate an especially spectacular and interesting route ahead.
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road at Highway 1, near Lucia, CA (1968).
One of the first stage roads into Yosemite Valley was routed to pass right through this grove of Sequoias.
Merced Grove, near Crane Flat, Yosemite NP, CA (1987).
Since the road from Stehekin to North Cascades National Park can be reached only by boat or plane, the park service provides a free shuttle for campers and hikers.
Stehekin River Road, Lake Chelan NRA, WA (1987).
Though paralleled by an interstate freeway and a railway line the old road through the Columbia Gorge is still popular.
Crown Point, Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway, WA (1984).