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Byway

North Carolina

Every scenic byway, national park and public-land unit in North Carolina, and the measured connections between them.

55
scenic byways
1
national parks
4
public-land units
249
lookouts
2,613
miles of byway

Scenic byways

National parks

Public land

Lookouts

Connections

Measured to each protected area’s official boundary, not its centre point.

  • Blue Ridge Parkway runs through Great Smoky Mountains National Park · inside
  • Newfound Gap Road Byway runs through Great Smoky Mountains National Park · inside
  • Cherohala Skyway runs through Great Smoky Mountains National Park · 7.0 mi
  • Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway runs through Great Smoky Mountains National Park · 20.0 mi
  • Cherohala Skyway runs through Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · 22.0 mi
  • Blue Ridge Parkway runs through Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · 25.0 mi
  • Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway runs through Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · 28.0 mi
  • Cherohala Skyway runs through Cherokee National Forest · inside
  • Blue Ridge Parkway runs through Cherokee National Forest · 11.0 mi
  • Newfound Gap Road Byway runs through Cherokee National Forest · 16.0 mi
  • Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway runs through Cherokee National Forest · 30.0 mi
  • Cherokee National Forest adjoins Great Smoky Mountains National Park · inside
  • Blue Ridge Parkway runs through George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · inside
  • Blue Ridge Parkway runs through National Forests in North Carolina · inside
  • Cherohala Skyway runs through National Forests in North Carolina · inside
  • Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway runs through National Forests in North Carolina · inside
  • Newfound Gap Road Byway runs through National Forests in North Carolina · 5.0 mi
  • Outer Banks Scenic Byway runs through National Forests in North Carolina · 7.0 mi
  • National Forests in North Carolina adjoins Great Smoky Mountains National Park · inside
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