Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Staunton Parkersburg Turnpike
historic road over the Alleghenies into West Virginia
high mountains
scenic valleys valleys
Staunton Virginia to Parkersburg West Virginia
225
304/637-7424
Highland Scenic Highway
60% of highway is over 4000 ft in elevation making it one of the eastern U.S.’s highest
honeycomb rocks
falls of hills creek
Richwood to Marlington
43
304/799-4334
Appalachian Waters Scenic Byway
passes through a number of historic and scenic areas
intersects above Highlands Scenic Byway
from just west of Lexington Virginia to Richwood West Virginia
61
800/336-7009
Midland Trail
miles of scenery on U.S. Rte 60
Charleston
Greenbriar Resort
Kenova to White Sulpher Springs
180
800/733-5469
Potomac Highlands
steep forested hills
clear mountain streams
charming towns along Mountain Music Trail
cass scenic railroad state park
beartown state park
Lewisburg to Silver Lake
200
304/636-1800
Washington Heritage Trail
18th century towns including Washington family homes
springs, rivers and mountain ranges
Paw Paw to Charles Town
136 mile loop
800/848-8687