Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Great River Road
Scenic drive along mighty Mississippi River
Mark Twain boyhood home
Gateway Arch
St Genevieve welcome center
New Madrid historical museum
August Busch conservation area
Canton to Caruthersville
333
800/810-5200
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Historic drive following Missouri River
Daniel Boone home
wineries in Hermann
August Busch conservation area
St Charles to Jefferson City
120
402/661-1804
Glade Top Trail
weaving gravel road follows narrow ridge above rolling countryside
great views
near Ava
23
573/364-4621
St Louis to Branson
follow Missouri River to Jefferson City then through Ozark Mountains and Lake of the Ozarks to branson
Capital in Jefferson City
Lake of the Ozarks
Branson
St Louis (from 94 Hwy) to Branson
275
800/916-8938
Little Dixie Highway
byway winds along Mississippi River with limestone bluffs providing stunning views
victorian era streetscapes
plantation era mansions
Dupont Conservation Area east of New London to Clarksville
30
573/242-3993
Crowley’s Ridge Parkway
(on Route 25)
thickly forested parks and interesting land formation
victorian era streetscapes
plantation era mansions
Malden to Kennett
14
573/276-4519 or 573/448-3110
Missouri Ozarks
(on Route 19)
beautiful rolling hills and scenic riverways
Mark Twain National Forest
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Steelville to Thayer
310
800/877-1234
Ozarks Run Scenic Byway
beautiful rolling hills and great fall colors
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
Elephant Rocks State Park
starts at Washington State Park north of Potosi to Lesterville
78
314/540-1533
Missouri Valley Road (on Route 21)
beautiful Arcadia Valley
Washington State Park
St Francis Mountains
Pilot Knob State Historic Site
starts at Route 21 in Affton to Doniphon near Arkansas line
188
800/916-8938
Hermann Wine Trail
historic wine district
beautiful Hermann
hilly river scenery
New Florence through Hermann to New Haven
30
573/486-2323