Byways in North Carolina
America's Byways Collection
- Blue Ridge Parkway – NC*
- Cherohala Skyway – NC
- Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway
- Newfound Gap Road Scenic Byway – NC
- Outer Banks National Scenic Byway
Additional Byways
- Airlie Road
- Alligator River Route
- Appalachian Medley
- Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway
- Big Horse Creek Scenic Byway
- Birkhead Wilderness Route
- Black Mountain Rag
- Blue-Gray Byway
- Brunswick Town Road
- Cape Fear Historic Byway
- Carolina Bay Lakes Byway
- Clayton Bypass Scenic Highway
- Colonial Heritage Byway
- Crowders Mountain Drive
- Devil’s Tramping Ground Road
- Drovers Road
- East Connecticut Avenue
- Edenton-Windsor Loop
- Flint Hill Ramble
- Fontana Byway
- Football Road
- French Broad Overview
- Grassy Island Crossing
- Green Swamp Byway
- Highlands of the Roan Byway
- Historic Flat Rock Byway
- Indian Heritage Trail
- Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- Lafayette’s Tour
- Little Parkway
- McAuley Road Scenic Byway
- Mill Bridge Scenic Byway
- Mission Crossing
- Mount Mitchell Scenic Drive
- Nantahala Byway
- New River Valley Byway
- North Durham County Byway
- Pacolet River Byway
- Pamlico Scenic Byway
- Pee Dee Valley Drive
- Perquimans Crossing
- Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- Pottery Road
- Roanoke Voyages Corridor
- Rolling Kansas Byway
- Sandhills Scenic Drive
- Sauratown Mountains Scenic Byway
- Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- South Mountain Scenery
- Tar Heel Trace
- The College Town Ride
- Turkey Creek Byway
- Upper Yadkin Way
- US-421 Scenic Byway
- Uwharrie Scenic Road
- Waterfall Byway
- Whitewater Way
- Yadkin Valley Scenic Byway
Information
National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads are designated by the Federal Department of Transportation and become part of the America’s Byways® collection. To become an official National Scenic Byways, qualifying roads must have one of the following six “intrinsic qualities”: 1. Scenic, 2. Historic, 3. Archeological, 4. Recreational, 5. Cultural, or 6. Natural. To become an All-American Road, two or more of these unique intrinsic qualities must be present (along with a more comprehensive “corridor management plan”). State-level byways are most frequently designated by the State Department of Transportation (DOT), but can also be designated by federal agencies (at the state level) such as the US Forest Service, NPS, BLM, USACE, US Fish & Wildlife, as well as by tribal organizations.
*Byways in the America’s Byways collection with an asterisk are All-American Roads.