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Charlotte, North Carolina - Scenic Drives

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Scenic drives to consider in the Charlotte area are listed below. Click on any scenic byway or backway listed below for complete information.

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  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 20 minutes
  • 8 miles (12 km)

A small and winding roadway through Crowders Mountain State Park, this Byway offers the traveler adventures in rock climbing and hiking along numerous mountain trails. Cresting above the surrounding hills is Pinnacle, a monadnock that refuses to be worn down by years of erosion. With a head of solid...

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 10 minutes
  • 5 miles (8 km)

The Flint Hill Ramble weaves its path through the Uwharrie National Forest. It sweeps past Jumping Off Rock, a cliff that peers out over rippling blue waters, pierces through the little town of Ophir (once a gold mining boom town) and is enveloped in trees and wilderness.Flint Hill Ramble takes Rout...

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 40 minutes
  • 26 miles (41 km)

At the lower end of the Uwharrie / Pee Dee Lakes region is the Grassy Island Crossing. Travelers driving the byway will notice a group of earthen masses just north of Blewett Falls Lake. These are the Grassy Islands.This remote part of North Carolina offers access to the marshlands of the Pee Dee Na...

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 35 minutes
  • 18 miles (29 km)

Journey this byway to historic and archaeological areas relating to American Indian culture. The road travels through some of North Carolina's quiet towns providing a scenic drive with a few pleasant stops. Travelers will drive through peach country where they may be enticed to stop at a roadside fr...

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 30 minutes
  • 14 miles (22 km)

The Pee Dee River Valley is the setting for this North Carolina scenic drive. Located in the region of the Uwharrie National Forest, this byway travels by beautiful piedmont country with many recreational opportunities. Between Badin Lake and Lake Tillery, visitors will find places to stop and pla...

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West
  • 20 minutes
  • 9 miles (14 km)

This byway passes through an area known as 'Rolling Kansas,' because of its hilly terrain and turn of the century farms and windmills.

  • Charlotte - City Center, Charlotte - East, Charlotte - North, Charlotte - South, Charlotte - West, Greensboro - City Center, Greensboro - East, Greensboro - North, Greensboro - South, Greensboro - West Airport
  • 1 hour
  • 50 miles (80 km)

Traveling the Uwharrie Scenic Road is a drive through the layers of geological history. Rocks and minerals of all varieties and sizes take center stage along this route. The mountains and the rock outcroppings in "Carolina's Slate Belt" present a rousing playground for any rock hounds or fledgling...

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