Ocoee Scenic Byway
National Forest Scenic Byway 36 mi in Tennessee.
About the Ocoee Scenic Byway
The first designated national forest scenic byway in the nation includes 26 miles of US 64 and Forest Road 77.
The two-lane route winds past Parksville Lake, through the scenic rocky bluffs of Ocoee River Gorge and past the Ocoee Whitewater Center. Take a side trip up the 7-mile Chilhowee Scenic Spur, Forest Road 77, to Chilhowee Recreation Area. Take in long-range views of the Tennessee Valley, Cumberland Mountains and into the mountains of Georgia. From several overlooks you can spread a picnic or take a short hike.
US Forest Service's own description, in its words. Byway page on fs.usda.gov.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadThunder Rock Campground · Forest Service · 38 sites · reservable
- on the roadParksville Lake RV Campground · Forest Service · 16 sites · reservable
- 0.7 mi offChilhowee Campground · Forest Service · 61 sites · reservable
- 0.8 mi offChilhowee Group Camp · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- 1.8 mi offTumbling Creek Campground · Forest Service
- 4.9 mi offHiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park · State park · 56 sites · reservable
- 4.9 mi offSylco Campground · Forest Service
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.