Scenic byways in North Carolina
French Broad Overview
North Carolina Scenic Byway 16 mi in North Carolina.
About the French Broad Overview
The byway meanders it way west from Weaverville to Marshall along the active banks of the French Broad River. The river was named for the French, who during the 18th-century, inhabited the region west of the Blue Ridge. Note the palisades, or sheer rock walls, that line the road where the wide river cut away at the rock valley walls.
North Carolina Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. North Carolina Byways on ncdot.gov.
Camping along the byway
No public campground this site holds lies within 5 miles of the road.
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.