3 WA Routes Among Best for Cool-Weather Road Trips during Summer Heatwave

When it's just too hot to stay inside and definitely too hot to be outside, you don't have many options left.

One good idea is a road trip.

Well, the car can provide AC and even if your car doesn't have AC you can roll the windows down for that natural breeze.

Gunther Volvo Cars Daytona Beach has a list of great roads to drive on during this summer heat that may provide some cooler areas compared to the surrounding areas which could come in handy.

Looking at this list, there are three roads in Washington State that are definitely worth noting.

#18 is North Cascades Highway
Getting into that norther part of Washington state.

#72 goes to Olympic Peninsula Loop
This makes sense as if you drive all the way around the loop, it takes about 8 hours so you can spend an entire day just doing this.

#99 is Mount Baker Highway.
Again, heading near that Canadian boarder. I mean, this highway as right next to Mt. Baker and near a place called Glacier so you'd hope they'd be cooler than the rest of WA.

Fun to point out that the #1 spot is a road in Alaska. I mean, if you're looking for colder weather, of course it's in Alaska.

But then again #2 is Kona, Hawaii, so who knows.

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Keep reading to find out individual state records in alphabetical order.

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