Highway 2 Is The Best Road Trip Route To Explore America's Northern Region
By Dawn Hammon
VACATIONS
While a road trip sometimes forces you to choose between specific types of topography, you can have it all in one magnificent journey along the Great Northern U.S. Highway 2.
Highway 2 goes from Everett in Washington on the West Coast to Maine's Acadia National Park on the East. It runs parallel to the Canadian border and even passes into Canada.
From Everett, you'll hit US-2 and travel through Stevens Pass. The highway then follows along the Columbia River before breaking east past the small towns of Eastern Washington.
Heading north, the journey goes through the magical Kaniksu and Kootenai National Forests in Idaho's panhandle and Glacier National Park and the ski town of Kalispell in Montana.
You'll then head into North Dakota, the Great Plains, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Minnesota's many lakes are next, with Lake Superior at the top of the bucket list.
US-2 then crosses over into sections of Canada before coming near Lake Champlain and passing through Vermont state capital Montpelier, which has striking historic architecture.
The route then enters New Hampshire and its Green and White Mountains before crisscrossing Maine, where you'll pass through Bar Harbor and end up in Acadia National Park.