Scenic byways in North Carolina
Upper Yadkin Way
North Carolina Scenic Byway 19 mi in North Carolina.
About the Upper Yadkin Way
This byway takes motorists on a scenic adventure through the state’s northern foothills. Pastures and farmland can be seen at the beginning of the route, which follows the Yadkin River from the mountains through the foothills. Near the end of the byway, you will travel through the area known as Happy Valley, which was the site of prominent early settlers.
North Carolina Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. North Carolina Byways on ncdot.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · 3.4 mi offBoone Fork Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 19 · 1.9 mi offWarrior Creek · Army Corps of Engineers · 63 sites · reservable
- Mile 19 · 3.2 mi offFort Hamby Park · Army Corps of Engineers · 36 sites · reservable
- Mile 19 · 4.1 mi offBandits Roost · Army Corps of Engineers · 103 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.