Scenic byways in West Virginia
Highland Scenic Highway
National Scenic Byway 45 mi in West Virginia.
About the Highland Scenic Highway
Travel through a wild and undeveloped portion of the Monongahela National Forest. Hardwood forests cover rolling, mountainous terrain capped by dark spruce at high elevations. Traverse a narrow and steep-walled valley with views of clear mountain streams. Sights include Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, Summit Lake, and Falls of Hills Creek.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, West Virginia State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 3 · 2.8 mi offCranberry Rua Campsites · Forest Service
- Mile 3 · 2.9 mi offBig Rock · Forest Service · 5 sites · reservable
- Mile 7 · 0.9 mi offSummit Lake Campground · Forest Service · 34 sites · reservable
- Mile 31 · 1.2 mi offDay Run Campground · Forest Service · 12 sites · reservable
- Mile 35 · 0.8 mi offTea Creek Campground · Forest Service · 28 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · on the roadWilliams River Rua Sites D4 · Forest Service
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.