Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Turtle Mountain, or the Turtle Mountains, is an area in central North America, in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of North Dakota and southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, approximately 62 miles (100 km) south of the city of Brandon on Manitoba Highway 10 / U.S. Route 281.
Follows historic railroad and stagecoach routes leading to high mountain gold camps, fossil sites, and numerous historic sites. The Shelf and Phantom Canyon Roads cut along unpaved routes through winding canyons. Also a National Scenic Byway and a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway. [27] [28] II Gold Butte Back Country Byway: Nevada: 62 100
Several agencies of the United States federal government are authorized to designate and manage scenic byways. The National Scenic Byway Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to support efforts for development, management and marketing of scenic byways by the Federal Highway Administration and byway organizations.
For designation as a National Scenic Byway a road must have one of six intrinsic qualities. To be designated an All-American Road, a road must have at least two of the six qualities. [5] Scenic quality is the heightened visual experience derived from the view of natural and manmade elements of the visual environment of the scenic byway corridor ...
Map. Green Mountain Scenic Byway: 45 miles. The Green Mountain Scenic Byway offers visitors small-town experiences along with great recreational opportunities. With its rolling hills and winding ...
Highway of Legends Scenic Byway [26] [27] [28] 82 miles (132 km) Silver Thread Scenic and Historic Byway [36] [37] [38] 117 miles (188 km) The following Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway is both a National Scenic Byway and a Back Country Byway: Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway [36] [37] [38] 131 miles (211 km)
A two-lane highway called Mountain Waters Scenic Byway, which is the combined route of U.S. 64 and NC 28, runs through the Cullasaja Gorge. It is mostly protected as part of the Nantahala National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service has designated this as a National Scenic Byway because of the river and its numerous waterfalls, including:
The San Juan Skyway overlaps with the Trail of the Ancients Scenic and Historic Byway on Colorado State Highway 145 between U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado State Highway 184. The San Juan Skyway connects with the Tracks Across Borders Scenic and Historic Byway at Durango, the Alpine Loop Back Country Byway at Silverton and Ouray, and the Unaweep ...