Photo by Kyle May

Although sitting in traffic jams often raises stress levels for most, going for a drive on an open road can be relaxing. Road trips are also a popular way to travel and can lead to many adventures. So depending on how much time you have off or how much money you’re willing to spend, your driving routes are nearly endless.

Boston.com created a GPS tour of route 127 , a scenic route from Beverly to Rockport that you can download to your GPS device. Being from Rockport, I agree with the decision to map out this drive as it truly is beautiful. The slideshow goes through the different towns with descriptions and pictures plus their coordinates if you want to manually enter the directions in. They also included a pdf file of directions for those who don’t have a GPS. If you’ve just moved to the area or are visiting and looking for a scenic route it could be difficult to find them on your own, but thankfully there are resources such as this to help you out.

If you’re planning a road trip first you have to map it out. Try it at Road Trip USA or Rand McNally, where you can find out popular routes, if there is any construction, or other events that could delay your travel.  Then you have to figure out what you want to see and do. Try TripCart or TripWiser, both of these web sites use user feedback so you can see what people thought of different places.

Considering the resources, routes, and possibilities are infinite for anyone with a drivers license and a car, there seems to be no reason not to give one of these options a try. Especially now that spring has arrived, rolling down your windows can make driving that much more enjoyable.