Destinations · North Carolina
Mount Pleasant
NC · 35.4036, -80.4356
Uwharrie Scenic Road, Rolling Kansas Byway and Sandhills Scenic Drive are 3 of 8 signed byways within 30 miles of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina.
Get in
From Charlotte, take I-85 N, take exit 48 for I-485 S, then take I-485 to exit 33 for Hwy 49 to Harrisburg. Pass Harrisburg and continue for about 14 miles.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
8 scenic drives near Mount Pleasant
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Mount Pleasant. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
- 02
Rolling Kansas Byway
State scenic byway · 4 mi out
- 03
Sandhills Scenic Drive
State scenic byway · 14 mi out
Runs through National Forests in North Carolina.
- 04
- 05
Millbridge Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 19 mi out
- 06
- 07
Grassy Island Crossing
State scenic byway · 26 mi out
- 08
Birkhead Wilderness Route
State scenic byway · 27 mi out
Runs through National Forests in North Carolina.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Mount Pleasant 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
- Uwharrie Scenic Road · 1 mi
- Rolling Kansas Byway · 4 mi
- Sandhills Scenic Drive · 14 mi
- Pee Dee Valley Drive · 18 mi
- Millbridge Scenic Byway · 19 mi
- Flint Hill Ramble · 26 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Art Lilley Campground · 20 mi
- Badin Lake Campground · 20 mi
- Arrowhead Campground · 21 mi
- Badin Lake Group Camp · 21 mi
- Badin Horse Camp or Old Horse Camp · 22 mi
- Canebrake Horse Camp · 22 mi
- Overflow Horse Camp · 22 mi
- Uwharrie Hunt Camp · 23 mi
Lookouts
- Scenic Lookout · 16 mi
- Jumping Off Rock · 28 mi
Named places
- Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society · 0 mi
- Mount Pleasant Municipal Park · 0 mi
- Virginia Foil Park · 0 mi
- Cold Spring · 3 mi
- Camp Spencer Park · 5 mi
- Camp T.N. Spencer Park · 5 mi
- Les Myers Community Park · 7 mi
- J.W. (Mickey) McGee, Jr. Park · 8 mi
A day out of Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Concord · 9 mi
- Kannapolis · 12 mi
- Harrisburg · 13 mi
- Midland · 13 mi
- Salisbury · 18 mi
- Charlotte/University City · 19 mi