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NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 BYWAY ORGANIZATION AWARDS

 

The National Scenic Byway Foundation congratulates the eight winners of our annual 2023 Byway Organization Awards. Byway organizations from across America are eligible to be nominated to honor outstanding byway projects, programs, and events. The byway organizations receiving awards in 2023 have exhibited byway best practices in communication & interpretation, conservation & stewardship, as well as improving the visitor experience along their byway.

We celebrate the following byways and their organizations for their dedication to excellence:

  • Natchez Trace Parkway, All-American Road, MI, AL, TN; Communications Award – Marketing Plan Implementation; www.scenictrace.com
  • Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway, Maine; Hospitality Award – Byway Ambassador Program; www.rlht.org
  • Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic & Historic Byway, Colorado; Interpretation Award – Byway Interpretation, Authentic Signs and TravelStory App; www.sangreheritage.org/los-caminos/
  • Gold Belt Tour Scenic & Historic National Scenic Byway, Colorado; Leveraging Resources Award – Exterior Restoration of the 1895 Garden Park School; www.goldbeltbyway.com
  • Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway, TN, KY; Byway Enhancement Award – Love TN Byways Picnic Area Rehabilitation with USDA Forest Service; www.landbetweenthelakes.us/
  • A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, All-American Road, Florida; Partnership Award – Building Better Byways Conference; www.scenica1a.org
  • Blue Ridge Parkway, All-American Road, NC, VA; Viewshed Improvement Award – Waterrock Knob Land Conservation; www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm
  • Schoodic National Scenic Byway, Maine; Visitor Experience Award – Kids Quest Program; www.schoodicbyway.org

The National Scenic Byway Foundation is celebrating its 4th year for the national byway awards program. We acknowledge our primary sponsor American Road magazine, and co-sponsors Colorado’s Scenic & Historic Byways program, Kearney Visitor’s Bureau, Amish Country Byway Tourism Bureau, Cascade Loop National Scenic Byway, and Boom or Bust National Scenic Byway. Our 2020-2022 award winner case studies are archived in our Byway Resource Library at https://nsbfoundation.com/byway-resource-library/case-studies-research/.

We welcome you to engage with Byways across America at www.travelbyways.com and learn about the National Scenic Byway Foundation at www.nsbfoundation.com.

 

The National Scenic Byway Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as The National Voice of Scenic Byways and Roads, dedicated to strengthening Byways through education, training and shared expertise. It is the vision of the National Scenic Byway Foundation that our nation’s designated Byways will be recognized and valued worldwide for their distinctive experiences, stories, and treasured places. For more information visit  www.travelbyways.com; www.nsbfoundation.com; or email: info@nsbfoundation.com.

America's Byways Bucket List
Travelbyways.com - America's Byways Collection

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road. – Walt Whitman

America’s Byways offers so many travel options, telling the stories of American culture, history and geology along the way. And did we mention Scenic yet?

National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads are designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation.  In much of the same way Congress set aside lands to be protected as national parks, the Department of Transportation has designated a network of spectacular drives that are protected as part of the America’s Byways collection.

To become part of this exclusive collection, a road must have: 1) features that don’t exist anywhere else in the United States; and 2) be unique and important enough to be destinations unto themselves.

Qualifying roads must also have one or more of the following six intrinsic qualities:

    • Scenic
    • Historic
    • Archeological
    • Recreational
    • Cultural
    • Natural

Designated byways in states are most frequently designated by their State Department of Transportation but, can also be designated by federal agencies such as the US Forest Service, NPS, BLM, USACE, US Fish & Wildlife as well as tribal organizations.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

Discover byway itineraries, multiple points of interest and byway stories for each of the 213 America’s Byways collection – here: travelbyways.com.

For byway leaders who want to update (or correct) the information presented for your byway, you can update the information presented by pressing the “Update this byway information today!” button at the bottom of each byway page. A representative from the National Scenic Byway Foundation will be in touch with you to verify the updated information before it is posted.

Not all those who wander are lost. – J.R.R. Tolkien

For information on how you can get involved and support the America’s Byways collection, visit NSBFoundation.com.

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The National Scenic Byway Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as The National Voice of Scenic Byways and Roads, dedicated to strengthening Byways through education, training and shared expertise. It is the vision of the National Scenic Byway Foundation that our nation’s designated Byways will be recognized and valued worldwide for their distinctive experiences, stories, and treasured places. For more information visit  www.travelbyways.com; www.nsbfoundation.com; or email: info@nsbfoundation.com.