Destinations · Tennessee
Elizabethton
TN · 36.3364, -82.2392
Mission Crossing and Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail are 2 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Understand
Elizabethton has to be one of those places that holds a special place in the discussion of American expansion. It was in this general area that restless European colonists inching westward from the Thirteen Colonies slowly pushed the native Cherokee and other Native American tribes out to form the Republic of Watauga.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
4 scenic drives near Elizabethton
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Elizabethton. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Blue Ridge Parkway
All-American Road · 29 mi out
Runs through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, George Washington and Jefferson National Forest and National Forests in North Carolina.
- 02
Mission Crossing
State scenic byway · 20 mi out
Runs through Cherokee National Forest and National Forests in North Carolina.
- 03
Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
State scenic byway · 26 mi out
Runs through George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
- 04
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Elizabethton 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
- Mission Crossing · 20 mi
- Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail · 26 mi
- Little Parkway · 27 mi
- Blue Ridge Parkway · 29 mi · national
Public land
Campgrounds
- Cardens Bluff Campground · 7 mi
- Dennis Cove Recreation Area · 9 mi
- Rock Creek Recreation Area · 15 mi
- Little Oak Campground · 17 mi
- Jacobs Creek Recreation Area · 20 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area · 28 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area · 30 mi
- Old Forge Recreation Area · 30 mi
Lookouts
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 28 mi
- Watauga View · 28 mi
- Calloway Peak · 29 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
Named places
- Kiwani's Park · 0 mi
- Sabine Hill · 1 mi
- Dixon Street Park · 1 mi
- Transylvania Purchase · 1 mi
- Watauga Purchase · 1 mi
- Watauga Fort · 1 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga · 1 mi
- The Tipton Family · 1 mi
A day out of Elizabethton, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Elizabethton.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Johnson City · 7 mi
- Bristol · 18 mi
- Kingsport · 22 mi