Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Tennessee Antebullum Trail
Loop of historic homes and sites
eight historic plantations
Nashville To Mt Pleasant and back
90
800/252-6727
Cherohala Skyway
winding road enthusiast dream up 5400 foot mountains
santeetlah overlook
joyce kilmer memorial forest
Tellico Plains TN to Robbinsville Nc
43
800/470-3790
Lookout Mountain Parkway
very scenic drive w/historic sites and natural beauty
in August holds worlds longest yard sale
canyons & waterfalls
caverns
Chattanooga through NW Georgia to Gadsden AL
120
888/805-4740
Ocoee Scenic Byway
first national forest byway
magnificent views of mountains and Tennessee valley
Benton to Copperhill
26
423/338-5201
Natchez Trace Parkway
low speed limit and lack of commercial traffic
waterfalls &scenic overlooks
Indian & civil war sites
Nashville to Natchez MS
444
800/305-7417
Tail of the Dragon
twisting road w/318 curves in 11 miles
white knuckle drive perfect for mororcycles or sports cars
calderwood overlook
Deals Gap ne of Robbinsville at US129 & NC28
11
800/768-7129
Great Smoky Mountains Byway
beautiful mountain drive great in spring or fall
land of Davy Crockett & Daniel Boone
birthplace of country music
Maryville to Elizabethton
200
865/436-4178
East Tennessee Crossing
Cherokee warriors path
mountain vistas
river valleys
historic villages
Cumberland Gap to Del Rio
83
423/625-9675
Newfound Gap Road
great section of Smoky Mountains National Park
Ocanaluftee visitors center
mingus mill
at drives end is turnoff for Clingmans Dome
Cumberland Gap to Del Rio
83
423/625-9675
Cades Cove Loop Road Auto Tour
mountain surrounded valley in Smoky Mountains National Park
visitors center
historic mill,churches and homes
26 miles southeast of Pigeon Forge or 28 miles from Gatlinburg
11 miles (but allow 2-4 hours to tour)
865/436-7318
Foothills Parkway
fabulous views of east Tennessee
Lookout Rock Pullout & Tower
starts at US 129 At Chilhowee Lake (near Tallassee) to US 321 in Wears Valley
33
800/768-7129