Scenic byways in North Carolina
Sandhills Scenic Drive
North Carolina Scenic Byway 49 mi in North Carolina.
About the Sandhills Scenic Drive
This route journeys through North Carolina’s Sandhills, a series of low rolling hills located between the Cape Fear and Pee Dee rivers. Settled by Scottish highlanders about 1740, the area was named for the coarse, sandy soil prevalent in the region. Along the way, travelers will pass the state’s pottery center to the north and golf communities to the south.
North Carolina Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. North Carolina Byways on ncdot.gov.
Camping along the byway
- 3.2 mi offYate'S Place · Forest Service
- 4.3 mi offMorrow Mountain State Park · State park · 124 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); 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.