Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Cherohala Scenic Skyway
ridges of forested mountais with sweeping views
refreshing waterfalls
scenic overlooks
Robbinsville to Tellico Plains
43
800/470-3790
Blue Ridge Parkway
most visited unit of America’s national park system
stunning long range vistas of southern appalachian mountains
great spring and fall colors
begins in south end at Cherokee NC and ends in Waynesboro VI
469
828/298-0398
Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
deep gorges and beautiful waterfalls
Fontana Lake
Nantahala and Cullasaja river gorges
Bridal veil falls
begins on Hwy 74 at Lavada then loops south to Highlands in Hwy 28 to Almond
61
828/524-6441
Outer Banks Highway
long and lingering island hop through 21 coastal villages with stunning scenery
kitty hawk
kill devil hills
hatteras
ocracoke
nags head
point harbor (across from kitty hawk) to ocracoke
115
252/473-2111
Piedmont Drive
Scenic journey in Piedmont interior
stately Oxford
start in Rougemont and head east on Red Mountain Road to Oxford
36
919/693-6125
Tale of the Dragon
twisting road with 318 curves
great for motorcycles and sports cars
begins ne of Robbinsville NC on US Hwy 129 into Tennessee
11
800/768-7129
Newfound Gap Road
lowest drivable pass through Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Oconaluftee visitors center (Cherokee)
Clingmans Dome
Rockefeller memorial
begins in Cherokee NC to Gatlinburg TN
30
800/768-7129