Come Closer-National Scenic Byways Tearsheet...
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It begins with the community.Under the National Scenic Byways Program, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation designates roads having outstanding intrinsic qualities as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads. There are 150 nationally designated byways in 46 States. These routes are marketed nationally and internationally as wonderful driving experiences, where the traveler can learn stories about the people and communities through which they pass.
Byways communities come together to identify the intrinsic qualities they want to preserve, promote, and protect—historic, cultural, natural, archaeological, recreational, and scenic—along a route. They take action, recruit shareholders, organize their efforts, and promote economic development.
For example, a historic building needs restoration; the local tourism office wants to promote cultural activities in town; a forest ranger hopes to educate families about respecting natural resources; an archaeological discovery of centuries old artifacts needs protection; a recreational trail club wants to put up wayfinding signs; and a local garden club plans to spruce up a scenic overlook.
We invite everyone to learn the stories these roads have to tell. The National Scenic Byways Program has created opportunities for travelers to drive, ride, hike, climb, or soar along the Byways. There is something to capture your imagination, satisfy your curiosity, and feed your spirit every season of the year along America’s Byways.
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H AAR = All-American RoadH NSB = National Scenic Byway✪ State Capitals● Major Cities
150 America’s Byways® in 46 States
Alabama1–Alabama’s Coastal Connection H NSB2[m]–Natchez Trace Parkway-AL H AAR3–Selma to Montgomery March Byway H AAR4–Talladega Scenic Drive H NSB
Alaska5–Alaska’s Marine Highway H AAR6–The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway H NSB7–Glenn Highway H NSB8–Haines Highway-Valley of the Eagles H NSB9–Seward Highway H AAR
Arizona10–Coronado Trail Scenic Byway H NSB11[m] Historic Route 66-AZ H AAR12–Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway H NSB13–Red Rock Scenic Byway H AAR14–Sky Island Scenic Byway H NSB
Arkansas15[m]–Crowley’s Ridge Parkway-AR H NSB16[m]–Great River Road-AR H NSB17[m]–Talimena Scenic Drive-AR H NSB
California18–Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway-Route 110 H NSB19–Death Valley Scenic Byway H NSB20–Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway H NSB21–Route 1–Big Sur Coast Highway H AAR22–Route 1–San Luis Obispo North Coast
Byway H AAR23–Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road H NSB24[m]–Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway-CA H AAR
Colorado25–Colorado River Headwaters Byway H NSB26[m]–Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric
Highway-CO H NSB27–Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic
Byway H NSB28–Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic
Byway H NSB29–Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway H NSB30–Lariat Loop Scenic & Historic Byway H NSB31–San Juan Skyway H AAR32[m]–Santa Fe Trail-CO H NSB33–Top of the Rockies H NSB34[m]–Trail of the Ancients-CO H NSB35–Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road H AAR
Connecticut36–Connecticut State Route 169 H NSB37–Merritt Parkway H NSB
Delaware38–Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway H NSB
Florida39–A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway H NSB40–Big Bend Scenic Byway H NSB41–Florida Black Bear Scenic Byway H NSB42–Florida Keys Scenic Highway H AAR43–Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway
H NSB44–Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail H NSB
Georgia45–Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway H NSB
Idaho46[m]–International Selkirk Loop-ID H AAR47–Northwest Passage Scenic Byway H AAR48–Payette River Scenic Byway H NSB49–Pend Oreille Scenic Byway H NSB50–Pioneer Historic Byway H NSB51–Western Heritage Historic Byway H NSB
Illinois16[m]–Great River Road-IL H NSB52[m]–Historic National Road-IL H AAR11[m]–Historic Route 66-IL H NSB53–Illinois River Road H NSB54–Lincoln Highway H NSB55–Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route H NSB56[m]–Ohio River Scenic Byway-IL H NSB
Indiana57–Indiana’s Historic Pathways H NSB52[m]–Historic National Road-IN H AAR56[m]–Ohio River Scenic Byway-IN H NSB
Iowa16[m]–Great River Road-IA H NSB58–Loess Hills Scenic Byway H NSB
Kansas59–Flint Hills Scenic Byway H NSB60–Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway H NSB
Kentucky61–Country Music Highway H NSB16[m] Great River Road-KY H NSB62–Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway H NSB63–Red River Gorge Scenic Byway H NSB64–Wilderness Road Heritage Highway H NSB65[m] Woodlands Trace-KY H NSB
Louisiana66–Creole Nature Trail H AAR16[m] Great River Road-LA H NSB
Maine67–Acadia All American Road H AAR68–Old Canada Road Scenic Byway H NSB
69–Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway H NSB70–Schoodic Scenic Byway H NSB
Maryland71–Baltimore’s Historic Charles Street H NSB72–Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway H NSB73–Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
Byway H AAR52[m]–Historic National Road-MD H AAR74[m]–Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Byway–MD H NSB75–Religious Freedom Byway H NSB
Massachusetts76[m]–Connecticut River Byway-MA H NSB
Michigan77–Copper Country Trail H NSB78–River Road Scenic Byway H NSB79–Woodward Avenue (M-1)-Automotive
Heritage Trail H AAR
Minnesota80–Edge of the Wilderness H NSB81–Grand Rounds Scenic Byway H NSB16[m]–Great River Road-MN H NSB82–Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway H NSB83–Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway H NSB84–Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway H NSB85–North Shore Scenic Drive H AAR86–Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway H NSB
Mississippi16[m]–Great River Road-MS H NSB2[m]–Natchez Trace Parkway-MS H AAR
Missouri 15[m]–Crowley’s Ridge Parkway-MO H NSB16[m]–Little Dixie Highway of the Great River
Road H NSB
Montana87[m]–Beartooth Highway-MT H AAR
Nevada88–City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State
Scenic Byway H NSB89–Lake Tahoe-Eastshore Drive H NSB90–Las Vegas Strip H AAR91–Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway H NSB
New Hampshire76[m]–Connecticut River Byway-NH H NSB92–Kancamagus Scenic Byway H NSB93–White Mountain Trail H NSB
New Jersey94–Delaware River Scenic Byway H NSB95–Millstone Valley Scenic Byway H NSB
New Mexico96–Billy the Kid Trail H NSB98–El Camino Real H NSB99–Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway H NSB11[m]–Historic Route 66-NM H NSB100–Jemez Mountain Trail H NSB32[m]–Santa Fe Trail-NM H NSB101–Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic
Byway H NSB102–Turquoise Trail H NSB
New York103–Lakes to Locks Passage H AAR104–Mohawk Towpath Byway H NSB105[m]–Great Lakes Seaway Trail-NY H NSB
North Carolina106[m]–Blue Ridge Parkway-NC H AAR107[m]–Cherohala Skyway-NC H NSB108–Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway H NSB109–Outer Banks Scenic Byway H NSB
North Dakota110[m]–Native American Scenic Byway-ND H NSB111–Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway H NSB
Ohio112–Amish Country Byway H NSB52[m]–Historic National Road-OH H AAR113–Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail H NSB114–Ohio & Erie Canalway H NSB56[m]–Ohio River Scenic Byway-OH H NSB
Oklahoma115–Cherokee Hills Byway H NSB11[m]–Historic Route 66-OK H NSB17[m]–Talimena Scenic Drive-OK H NSB116–Wichita Mountains Byway H NSB
Oregon117–Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway H NSB118–Hells Canyon Scenic Byway H AAR119–Historic Columbia River Highway H AAR120–McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic
Byway H NSB121–Mt. Hood Scenic Byway H NSB122–Outback Scenic Byway H NSB123–Pacific Coast Scenic Byway-OR H AAR124–Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway H NSB24[m]–Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway-OR H AAR125–West Cascades Scenic Byway H NSB
Pennsylvania 52[m]–Historic National Road-PA H AAR74[m]–Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Byway–PA H NSB105[m]–Great Lakes Seaway Trail-PA H NSB
South Carolina126–Ashley River Road H NSB127–Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway H NSB
128–Edisto Island National Scenic Byway H NSB129–Savannah River Scenic Byway H NSB
South Dakota110[m]–Native American Scenic Byway-SD H NSB130–Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway H NSB
Tennessee107[m]–Cherohala Skyway-TN H NSB131–East Tennessee Crossing H NSB16[m] Great River Road-TN H NSB2[m]–Natchez Trace Parkway-TN H AAR65[m] Woodlands Trace-TN H NSB
Utah26[m]–Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric
Highway-UT H NSB132–The Energy Loop: Huntington & Eccles
Canyons Scenic Byways H NSB133–Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway H NSB134–Logan Canyon Scenic Byway H NSB135–Nebo Loop Scenic Byway H NSB136–Scenic Byway 12 H AAR137–Scenic Byway 143-Utah‘s Patchwork
Parkway H NSB34[m]–Trail of the Ancients-UT H NSB
Vermont76[m]–Connecticut River Byway-VT H NSB
Virginia106[m]–Blue Ridge Parkway-VA H AAR138–Colonial Parkway H AAR139–George Washington Memorial Parkway H AAR74[m]–Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Byway–VA H NSB140–Skyline Drive H NSB
Washington141–Chinook Scenic Byway H AAR142–Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway H NSB46[m]–International Selkirk Loop-WA H AAR143–Mountains to Sound Greenway-I-90 H NSB144–Stevens Pass Greenway H NSB145–Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway-SR 112 H NSB146–White Pass Scenic Byway H NSB
West Virginia147–Coal Heritage Trail H NSB148–Highland Scenic Highway H NSB52[m]–Historic National Road-WV H AAR149–Midland Trail H NSB150–Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike H NSB97–Washington Heritage Trail H NSB
Wisconsin16[m]–Great River Road-WI H NSB
Wyoming87[m]–Beartooth Highway-WY H AAR
Multi-State Byways2[m]–Natchez Trace Parkway-AL, MS, TN H AAR11[m]–Historic Route 66-AZ H AAR11[m]–Historic Route 66-IL, NM, OK H NSB
15[m]–Crowley’s Ridge Parkway-AR, MO H NSB16[m]–Great River Road-AR, IA, IL, KY, LA, MN, MO,
MS, TN, WI H NSB17[m]–Talimena Scenic Drive-AR, OK H NSB24[m]–Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway-CA, OR H AAR26[m]–Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway-
CO, UT H NSB32[m]–Santa Fe Trail-CO, NM H NSB34[m]–Trail of the Ancients-CO, UT H NSB46[m]–International Selkirk Loop-ID, WA H AAR52[m]–Historic National Road-IL, IN, MD, OH,
PA, WV H AAR56[m]–Ohio River Scenic Byway-IL, IN, OH H NSB65[m]–Woodlands Trace-KY, TN H NSB74[m]–Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway-MD,
PA, VA H NSB76[m]–Connecticut River Byway-MA, NH, VT H NSB87[m]–Beartooth Highway-MT, WY H AAR105[m]–Great Lakes Seaway Trail-NY, PA H NSB106[m]–Blue Ridge Parkway-NC, VA H AAR107[m]–Cherohala Skyway-NC, TN H NSB110[m]–Native American Scenic Byway-ND, SD H NSB
KEY:[m] = Multi-State BywayH AAR = All-American RoadH NSB = National Scenic Byway
Find more information on America’s Byways at
http://www.byways.org
National Scenic Byways ProgramU.S. Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington, DC 20590800-4-BYWAYS or 800-429-9297
FHWA-HEP-09-030