Starting in Washington and moving east to DC then up to Maine. I kind of want to see Mount Rushmore, I know it's suppose to be underwhelming but I feel like it's worth it before the whites convince the natives to blow it up. I'm moreso looking for routes to avoid but if anyone knows a cool place to hit lemme know. I'll probably be heading out at the end of September also kind of on a time limit since the whole reason I'm doing it is to drop off a car for my friend.
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I wouldn't say there are "routes to avoid". Take whatever is the fastest way between destinations. As long as you're hitting national parks there will be good stuff to see. The Dakota Badlands park is close to Mt Rushmore so see that one. There really isn't shit to do after that so keep driving until you get to Chicago or Nashville. Since you're gay you really need to check out the cities, especially the large ones. Chicago has at least one gay neighborhood.
There's nothing "must see" between Chicago and DC besides the Appalachian trail maybe. For DC, try to get a tour of the Capitol if you can. Baltimore has a nice aquarium but is otherwise lacking in stuff to do. For the Philly area (where I'm from), see Longwood Gardens, the Gayborhood, the italian market, and John's Roast Pork if you want a cheese steak. After that it's a 2 hour drive to NYC, which you can spend some amazing days in, but the hotel prices are murder. It has the best art museums in the US and the largest gay scene in all of North America.
Make a slight detour and head north along the Hudson into upstate New York. You'll get a great view of the fall leaves. Then you can turn east and head to wherever in Maine you're going. Skip Boston, unless you're some kind of academiacel and you wanna see the Harvard and MIT campuses. The drive there is trash and the sights are trash.
The drive to/through Maine will be a lot of little towns and mostly forest. Haven't been there so idk if there's anything you absolutely must see.
None of the east coast cities I mentioned are dangerous btw. As a tourist, you have no reason to go to the bad neighborhoods and even if you decide to go out of your way to see them, you will not be shot or mugged just for walking through. Gang violence is only bad for the people living in those neighborhoods or connected to gangs/drugs. The biggest hazard you will face are aggressive panhandlers who sometimes look for a fight. I hear it's the same in Canadian cities so you probably know how to deal with that.
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