State Route 98 Is One Of The Best Scenic Drives In Arizona

Sometimes, a scenic drive is just what you need to clear your head and see things from a new perspective. The Grand Canyon State has no shortage of roads with amazing windshield views, but State Route 98 is one of the best scenic drives in Arizona. It’s also among the most remote highways you’ll ever travel on!

Connecting US Highways 89 and 160, State Route 98 is a 67-mile scenic drive that runs through a sparsely populated area of the Navajo Nation.

Wikimedia Commons/LBM1948 Besides serving as a detour from the South Rim to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the road is very lightly trafficked - meaning you just might have it all to yourself.

Also known as the Naat’tsis’aan-Navajo Mountain Scenic Road, the winding route meanders through stunning red rocks dotted with lush greenery.

Wikimedia Commons/Patrick Pelster The highway is among the most remote in Arizona, so instead of constantly hearing cars zoom on by, it’ll be nothing but you and the wide-open road.

You’ll pass several noteworthy landforms, including LeChee Rock and Navajo Mountain.

Wikimedia Commons/Santiago Puig Vilado Roll down the windows and feel the wind in your hair as you marvel at these awe-inspiring natural wonders.

While there are quite a few curves along the highway, few of them are sharp, so it’s still a relaxing drive.

Wikimedia Commons/Eric Kilby Parts of the road take you up close and personal with some of the rock formations, and you’ll definitely want to pull onto the shoulder for a better view.

The only town you’ll enter is Kaibito, which is home to just over 1,500 people.

Wikimedia Commons/Patrick Pelster Otherwise, the highway is devoid of inhabited settlements. When’s the last time you took a drive with so few signs of civilization?

If you start the drive at its western side near Page, you’ll end up on the Navajo Trail portion of US 160.

Wikimedia Commons/Daniel Schwen From there, you can keep going into Flagstaff and Sedona for even more incredible scenery!

Would you take this relaxing drive down one of Arizona’s most remote highways? Tell us your thoughts in the comments! Don’t forget to check out our previous article for more of the best scenic drives in Arizona made for cruising with the windows down.

Wikimedia Commons/LBM1948

Besides serving as a detour from the South Rim to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the road is very lightly trafficked - meaning you just might have it all to yourself.

Wikimedia Commons/Patrick Pelster

The highway is among the most remote in Arizona, so instead of constantly hearing cars zoom on by, it’ll be nothing but you and the wide-open road.

Wikimedia Commons/Santiago Puig Vilado

Roll down the windows and feel the wind in your hair as you marvel at these awe-inspiring natural wonders.

Wikimedia Commons/Eric Kilby

Parts of the road take you up close and personal with some of the rock formations, and you’ll definitely want to pull onto the shoulder for a better view.

Otherwise, the highway is devoid of inhabited settlements. When’s the last time you took a drive with so few signs of civilization?

Wikimedia Commons/Daniel Schwen

From there, you can keep going into Flagstaff and Sedona for even more incredible scenery!

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