Scenic byways in North Carolina
Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway 18 mi in North Carolina.
About the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway
Travel back in time and explore history and beautiful scenery on the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway (U.S. 276) through the Pisgah National Forest. As you wind your way on old settlement roads past mountain peaks and cascading waterfalls, imagine how this landscape looked decades ago when modern forestry began.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, North Carolina State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 5 · 2.3 mi offWolf Ford Horse Camp · Forest Service · 11 sites · reservable
- Mile 5 · 2.7 mi offMount Pisgah Campground · National Park Service · 128 sites · reservable
- Mile 8 · on the roadHeadwaters Roadside Campsites · Forest Service
- Mile 10 · 1.8 mi offCove Creek Lower Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 10 · 1.8 mi offCove Creek Upper Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 10 · 1.6 mi offCove Creek Group Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 14 · 4.4 mi offKuykendall Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 15 · on the roadWhite Pine South Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 16 · on the roadDavidson River Cg · Forest Service
- Mile 17 · on the roadDavidson River · Forest Service · 144 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.
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.