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Bristol

TN · 36.5952, -82.1888

Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail and Coal Heritage Trail - VA are 2 of 3 signed byways within 30 miles of Bristol, Tennessee.

Understand

Bristol is a city bisected by the Virginia-Tennessee border; the north half is in Virginia and the south half in Tennessee. State Street runs along the borderline and the two cities share a downtown.
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The drives · Designated roads lead.

3 scenic drives near Bristol

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Bristol. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail

    State scenic byway · 21 mi out

    Runs through George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.

  2. 02

    Coal Heritage Trail - VA

    State scenic byway · 22 mi out

    Runs through George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.

  3. 03

    Mount Rogers Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 22 mi out

    Runs through Cherokee National Forest and George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.

Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Bristol are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Public land

Campgrounds

Named places

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