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
183
lookouts
2,613
miles of byway
Scenic byways
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Cherohala Skyway
- Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway
- Outer Banks Scenic Byway
- Alligator River Route
- Appalachian Medley
- Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway
- Birkhead Wilderness Route
- Black Mountain Rag
- Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
- Brunswick Town Road
- Cape Fear Historic Byway
- Colonial Heritage Byway
- Crowders Mountain Drive
- Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
- Drovers Road
- Edenton-Windsor Loop
- Flint Hill Ramble
- Football Road
- Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- French Broad Overview
- Grassy Island Crossing
- Green Swamp Byway
- Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- Indian Heritage Trail
- Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- Lafayette's Tour
- Little Parkway
- Meteor Lakes Byway
- Millbridge Scenic Byway
- Mission Crossing
- Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- Nantahala Byway
- New River Valley Byway
- North Durham Country Byway
- Pacolet River Byway
- Pamlico Scenic Byway
- Pee Dee Valley Drive
- Perquiman's Crossing
- Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- Pottery Road
- Roanoke Voyages Corridor
- Rolling Kansas Byway
- Sandhills Scenic Drive
- Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- South Mountain Scenery
- Tar Heel Trace
- Upper Yadkin Way
- US 421 Scenic Byway
- Uwharrie Scenic Road
- Waterfall Byway
- Whitewater Way
- Newfound Gap Road Byway
National parks
Public land
Lookouts
- #12 Racecar
- #44 Racecar
- Air Bellows Overlook
- Alligator Back Overlook
- Bad Fork Valley Overlook
- Ballhoot Scar Overlook
- Balsam Gap Overlook
- Basin Cove Overlook
- Bear Den Overlook
- Beartrail Ridge Overlook
- Beartrap Gap Overlook
- Beaver Dam Gap Overlook
- Ben Morton Overlook
- Big Ridge Overlook
- Big Witch Overlook
- Black Mountains Overlook
- Boulder Field Overlook
- Browning Knob Overlook
- Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook
- Buck Spring Gap Overlook
- Bull Creek Valley Overlook
- Bullhead Mountain Overlook
- Bunches Bald Overlook
- Calloway Peak
- Camp Creek Overlook
- Caney Fork Overlook
- Carroll Gap Overlook
- Charles A Webb Overlook
- Chestnut Cove Overlook
- Chestoa View Overlook
- Chimney View
- Cold Mountain Overlook
- Cove Field Ridge Overlook
- Cowee Mountain Overlook
- Cowee mountains Overlook
- Craggy Dome Overlook
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook
- Craggy Gardens
- Craggy Pinnacle Summit
- Cranberry Ridge Overlook
- Curtis Creek Overlook (348.8)
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook
- Deerlick Gap Overlook
- Devil's Head
- Devils Garden Overlook
- East Fork Overlook
- Elk Mountain Overlook
- Erwin's View Outlook
- Exclamation Point
- Fed Cove Overlook
- Fetterbush Overlook
- Flat Rock View
- Fork Ridge Overlook
- Fox Hunters Paradise Overlook
- French Broad Overlook
- French Broad River Overlook
- Glassmine Falls Overlook
- Glassy Mountain Overlook
- Gorge View
- Gorges Overlook
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook
- Grandmother View
- Grandview Overlook
- Grassy Ridge Mine Overlook
- Graybeard Mountain View
- Green Knob Overlook
- Haw Creek Valley
- Haw Knob
- Haywood Jackson Overlook
- Heffner Gap Overlook
- Hefner Gap Overlook
- Hewat Overlook
- Historic Grandstand
- Hooper Point Overlook
- Hornbuckle Valley
- Jenkins Ridge Overlook
- Jonathan Creek Overlook
- Jumping Off Rock
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook
- Lake Junaluska Overlook
- Lane Pinnacle Overlook
- Laurel Knob Overlook
- Lewis Fork Overlook
- Licklog Gap Overlook
- Licklog Ridge Overlook
- Lickstone Overlook
- Light Station
- Little Bald Overlook
- Log Hollow Overlook
- Lone Bald Overlook
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook
- Lover's Leap
- Maggie Valley Overlook
- Mahogany Rock Overlook
- Mile High Overlook
- Mills River Overlook
- Mills River Valley Overlook
- Moses Cone Overlook
- Mount Jefferson View
- Mount Lynn Lowry Overlook
- Mt. Lyn Lowry Overlook
- Newfound Gap Overlook
- North Cove Overlook
- North Cove Valley Overlook
- North Toe River Valley
- Oconaluftee River Overlook
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area
- Opera Box
- Osborne Mountain Overlook
- Patio View of MacRae Peak
- Pilot Ridge Overlook
- Plott Balsam Overlook
- Plunge Basin Overlook
- Pounding Mill Overlook
- Pulpit Rock
- Rabb Knob Overlook
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point
- Raven Fork Overlook
- Raven Rock Overlook
- Richland Balsam Overlook
- Richland Balsam Overlook - Highest Point on the Parkway
- Ridge Junction Overlook
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook
- Rough Ridge Lookout - Grandfather Mountain, NC.
- Roy Taylor Forest Overlook
- Santeetlah Overlook
- Scott Creek Overlook
- Shute Cove Overlook
- Singecat Ridge Overlook
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint
- Soco Gap Overlook
- Spot Knob
- Stone Mountain Overlook
- Stoney Fork Overlook
- Storyteller Rock
- Stratton Ridge
- Table Rock Overlook
- Tanbark Ridge Overlook
- The Cradle of Forestry Overlook
- The Loops Overlook
- The Lump Overlook
- Thomas Divide Overlook
- Three Knob Overlook
- Thunder Hill Overlook
- Thunderstruck Overlook
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook
- Top Crag View
- Trading Path View
- Upper Falls Overlook
- View Black Mountain Overlook
- View Cherry Cove
- View Chesnut Cove
- View Devils Courthouse
- View Doubletop Mountain
- View Funnel Top
- View Herrin Knob Overlook
- View Hominy Valley
- View Mount Mitchell Overlook
- View Pink Beds
- View Steestachee Bald
- View Stony Bald
- View Village of Saurock
- View Waynesville
- Vista Rock
- Wagon Road Gap Overlook
- Walker Knob Overlook
- Watauga View
- Waterrock Knob Viewpoint and Trail
- Wesner Bald Overlook
- Whitewater Falls Overlook
- Wildcat Rock Overlook
- Wildcat Rock Overlook
- Wilson Creek Overlook
- Wilson Creek Valley Overlook
- Wiseman's View
- Wolf Mountain Overlook
- Woodfin Cascades Overlook
- Woodfin Valley Overlook
- Woolyback Overlook
- Yadkin Valley Overlook
- Yellow Face Overlook
- Yonahlossee Overlook
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 passes near Great Smoky Mountains National Park · within 7 mi
- Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes near Great Smoky Mountains National Park · within 20 mi
- Cherohala Skyway passes near Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · within 22 mi
- Blue Ridge Parkway passes near Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · within 25 mi
- Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes near Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · within 28 mi
- Cherohala Skyway runs through Cherokee National Forest · inside
- Blue Ridge Parkway passes near Cherokee National Forest · within 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Road Byway passes near Cherokee National Forest · within 16 mi
- Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes near Cherokee National Forest · within 30 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 passes near National Forests in North Carolina · within 5 mi
- Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes near National Forests in North Carolina · within 7 mi
- National Forests in North Carolina adjoins Great Smoky Mountains National Park · inside
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- Waterfalls 794
- Lighthouses 10
- Beaches 61
- Historic sites 403
- Peaks 2,718
- Rest areas 44
- Ghost towns 8
- Museums 366
- Attractions 315
- Parks 3,034
- Nature reserves 425
- Artworks 428
- Springs 20
- Gardens 146
- Cliffs 78
- Picnic sites 51