Scenic byways in North Carolina
Cherohala Skyway
National Scenic Byway The North Carolina stretch (18 mi) of a 40 mi national scenic byway that also runs through Tennessee.
About the Cherohala Skyway
The Skyway offers the cultural heritage of the Cherokee tribe and early settlers in a grand forest environment in the Appalachian Mountains. Enjoy mile-high vistas and brilliant fall foliage, as well as great hiking opportunities and picnic spots in magnificent and seldom-seen portions of the southern Appalachian National Forests.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · 2.0 mi offCheoah Point Campground · Forest Service · 23 sites · reservable
- Mile 1 · 1.4 mi offRattler Ford Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 1 · 1.5 mi offRattler Ford Group Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 1 · 1.9 mi offHorse Cove Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 12 · 4.2 mi offHolder Cove Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 12 · 4.3 mi offState Line Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 12 · 4.4 mi offDavis Branch Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 12 · 4.5 mi offBig Oak Cove Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 12 · 4.5 mi offBig Oak Cove Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 12 · 4.5 mi offRough Ridge Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 12 · 4.4 mi offBirch Branch Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 14 · 4.9 mi offSourwood Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 14 · 4.7 mi offSpivey Cove Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 14 · 3.5 mi offDonley Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 17 · 1.9 mi offSwan Cabin Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
The same byway in other states
- Cherohala Skyway in Tennessee · 22 mi
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.