23: Scariest National Park Roads Ranked!

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Are you looking for a white-knuckle drive in a national park? This episode of Exploring the National Parks is for you! We are talking about the scariest roads we have ever driven in the national parks. We’ve driven on many roads in the national parks, and a few of them really stand out because of the fear they induced. Join us as we reminisce about our experiences and rank these scary roads! Join us as we cover: The highest paved road in the national park system The road that we don’t have the guts to drive Our favorite road that looks scary but actually isn’t too bad The scariest paved road in the parks The coolest road to drive if you’re looking for adventure The most deceptively scary road we have been on The worst road in any national park! So there you have it – our list of the scariest roads in the national parks ranked! Have you driven any of these roads, or do you have others to add to the list? You can send us a message at DirtInMyShoes.com/podcast and let us know. Safe travels, my friend! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	they were bringing in hundreds of truckloads of road material a week.
0:06.2	When we were there, we had to basically wait for them to dump a load of road and then
0:12.8	flatten it out so that while we went over, you'll be okay for just don't stay on the road
0:17.5	very long.
0:17.9	Yeah, drive as fast as you can.
0:19.8	Like, oh my gosh, are you kidding me? This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes. My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes. I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make national park trip planning easy.
0:38.3	And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things
0:43.0	that Ash doesn't care about much like trees.
0:47.3	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:51.4	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:55.4	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring.
1:03.7	If you're looking for a white knuckle drive in a national park.
1:12.4	Today's episode is for you.
1:14.1	We are talking about the scariest roads we've ever driven in the national parks.
1:20.4	Yeah.
1:21.1	I'm so excited for this one.
1:23.0	This will be fun.
1:23.7	We've driven on so many roads throughout so many different national parks.
1:27.3	And it's just like,
1:28.0	there's a few of them that really stand out in your memory because they're associated with like
1:34.2	lizard fear or something. Your lizard brain is like scared because you're afraid at the heights or
1:39.8	something. There's just, there's some crazy things that go on in your brain in some of these drives.
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