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Type	Name	Image	States	Description	Designated
NSB	A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway		Florida	Follows Atlantic coast Atlantic Coast The Atlantic Coast is any coast fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The term differentiates the coasts of countries or continents with coastlines on more than one body of water, such as North America, South America, Africa and Europe....  barrier islands	2002-06-13
AAR	Acadia Byway		Maine	Scenic drive past mountains on the Maine shore Acadia National Park Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic Ocean of Maine. Traditionally inhabited by Wabanaki Native American hunters, fishers, and gatherers, the area includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes.....	2000-06-15 (AAR)
AAR	Alaska's Marine Highway		Alaska	Ferry system connecting Alaskan coastal communities	2002-06-13 (NSB) 2005-09-22 (AAR)
NSB	Amish Country		Ohio	Historic drive through eastern Ohio's Amish Amish The various Amish or Amish Mennonite church fellowships are Christian religious denominations, and form a very traditional subgrouping of Mennonite churches....  communities	2002-06-13
NSB	Arroyo Seco Parkway Scenic Byway		California	The first freeway Freeway A freeway is a type of road designed for Road safety#Motorway high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections....  in the Western U.S., connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena through the Arroyo Seco	2002-06-13
NSB	Ashley River Road		South Carolina	Traverses a historic district along the Ashley River Ashley River (South Carolina) The Ashley River is a blackwater / tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in Western Berkeley County....	2000-06-15
AAR	Beartooth Scenic Byway		Montana, Wyoming	Scenic northeastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress as a national park on March 1, 1872, is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho....	2000-06-15 (AAR) 2002-06-13 (extended in Montana)
NSB	Billy the Kid Trail		New Mexico	Scenic drive through rugged mountains	1998-06-09
AAR	Blue Ridge Parkway Blue Ridge Parkway The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and National Scenic Byway in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles , mostly through the famous Blue Ridge Mountains, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains....		North Carolina, Virginia	Scenic drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a Physiographic regions of the world of the larger Appalachian Mountains division. The province consists of the Northern and Southern physiographic sections, which divide near the Roanoke River gap....	1996-09-19 (AAR, North Carolina) 2005-09-22 (AAR, Virginia)
NSB	Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway		Delaware	Historic rolling hills of northern Delaware	2005-09-22
NSB	CanalWay Ohio Scenic Byway		Ohio	Historic drive along the Ohio and Erie Canal Ohio and Erie Canal The Ohio Canal or Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed in the early 1800s, which connected Akron, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio with the Cuyahoga River near the Cuyahoga's mouth on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio, Scioto County, Ohio, and then conne...	2000-06-15
NSB	Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway The Cascades Lakes Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in central Oregon in the United States. It runs for 66 mi in the rugged country of Deschutes County, Oregon and Klamath County, Oregon counties on the east side of the Cascade Range....		Oregon	Connects lakes and forests of central Oregon	1998-06-09
NSB	Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway The Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in central Maryland. It runs from the Potomac River on the Virginia border north to the Pennsylvania border....		Maryland	Scenic and historic drive through the Catoctin Mountains	2005-09-22
NSB	Cherohala Skyway Cherohala Skyway The Cherohala Skyway is a National Scenic Byway that connects Tellico Plains, Tennessee, to Robbinsville, North Carolina in the southeastern United States....		North Carolina, Tennessee	Ridgetop drive in the Appalachians	1996-09-19 (Tennessee) 1998-06-09 (North Carolina)
NSB	Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway		South Carolina	Scenic drive along the Blue Ridge Escarpment Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a Physiographic regions of the world of the larger Appalachian Mountains division. The province consists of the Northern and Southern physiographic sections, which divide near the Roanoke River gap....	1998-06-09
NSB	Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway The Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway on Maryland Maryland Eastern Shore region. The byway runs from Stevensville, Maryland, near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Chesapeake City, Maryland and has a spur to Eastern Neck Island in the Chester River....		Maryland	Traverses the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....	2002-06-13
AAR	Chinook Scenic Byway Chinook Scenic Byway Chinook Scenic Byway is an All-American Road in the U.S. state of Washington. It consists of the segment of Washington State Route 410 through the Cascade Range between Enumclaw, Washington and Naches, Washington....		Washington	Scenic drive with views of Mount Rainier Mount Rainier Mount Rainier is an activestratovolcano in Pierce County, Washington, located southeast of Seattle, Washington, Washington, in the United States....	1998-06-09 (AAR)
NSB	Coal Heritage Trail		West Virginia	Historic drive through coal-producing areas of southwestern West Virginia	1998-06-09
AAR	Colonial Parkway Colonial Parkway Colonial Parkway is a scenic 23-mile parkway linking the three popular attractions of Virginia's Historic Triangle of colonial-era communities, Jamestown, Virginia, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Yorktown, Virginia....		Virginia	Landscaped parkway through historic areas	2005-09-22 (AAR)
NSB	Colorado River Headwaters Byway		Colorado	Descent along the Colorado River Colorado River The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains....  through canyons	2005-09-22
NSB	Connecticut River Byway		New Hampshire, Vermont	Scenic drive on both sides of New England New England New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S.... 's longest river Connecticut River The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through Western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut....	2005-09-22
NSB	Connecticut State Route 169		Connecticut	One of the last unspoiled areas in New England New England New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....	1996-09-19
NSB	Copper Country Trail		Michigan	Traverses an area developed for copper mining	2005-09-22
NSB	Coronado Trail Scenic Byway		Arizona	Scenic drive through high deserts and forests	2005-09-22
NSB	Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway		Washington	Passes through coulee Coulee Coulee is applied rather loosely to different landforms, all of which refer to a kind of valley or drainage zone.The word coulee comes from the Quebec French coul?e, from French language word couler meaning "to flow".... s formed by receding glaciers	2005-09-22
NSB	Country Music Highway		Kentucky	Historic drive through eastern Kentucky	2002-06-13
AAR	Creole Nature Trail Creole Nature Trail The Creole Nature Trail, part of Louisiana's Outback, is an All-American Road comprised of more than of highway including portions of Louisiana state highways 14, 82, 27, 384, and 385 in southwest Louisiana....		Louisiana	Marsh Marsh In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous flood . Typically the water is shallow and features Poaceaees, Juncaceaees, Phragmites, typhas, Cyperaless, and other herbaceous plants.... es and prairie Prairie Prairie refers to temperate grasslands of North America. These are areas of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few or no trees, having a generally mesic habitat climate.... s of southern Louisiana	1996-09-19 (NSB) 2002-06-13 (AAR)
NSB	Crowley's Ridge Parkway		Arkansas, Missouri	Scenic drive along Crowley's Ridge Crowley's Ridge For the former department store, see Crowley's.File:Crowleys Ridge relief v1.jpgCrowley's Ridge is an unusual geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.... , with a diversity of plant species	1998-06-09 (Arkansas) 2000-06-15 (Missouri)
NSB	Death Valley Scenic Byway		California	Scenic drive through the lowest place in North America, surrounded by mountains	1998-06-09 2002-06-13 (extended)
NSB	Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway		Colorado, Utah	Passes many dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....  fossil Fossil Fossils are the preserved remains or trace fossil of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous Rock formations and sedimentary rock layers is known as the fossil record....  sites	2002-06-13
NSB	Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway		California	Crossing of the Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada (US) The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range located in the U.S. state of California. In a few places, it overlaps into neighboring Nevada. The range is also known informally as the Sierra, the High Sierra, and the Sierras....  past giant sequoia groves	2005-09-22
NSB	Edge of the Wilderness		Minnesota	Scenic drive through forests and hills of northern Minnesota	1996-09-19
NSB	El Camino Real		New Mexico	Historic north-south route through central New Mexico	1998-06-09 2005-09-22 (extended)
NSB	The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in the state of Utah. It spans approximately as it travels from Fairview, Utah through the Manti-La Sal National Forest southeast to Huntington, Utah via Huntington Canyon, Utah, and northeast to near Colton, Utah via Eccles Canyon, Utah....		Utah	Historic drive past coal mining operations	2000-06-15
NSB	Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway The Flaming Gorge - Uintas Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in the state of Utah. It spans approximately as it travels from Vernal, Utah northward through the Ashley National Forest and the Uintah Mountains to the area around Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in the northeastern corner of the state....		Utah	Scenic drive through the Uinta Mountains Uinta Mountains The Uinta Mountains are a high mountain range of mountains in northeastern Utah and extreme northwestern Colorado in the United States. A subrange of the Rocky Mountains, they are unusual for being the highest range in the contiguous United States running east to west, and lie approximately 100 mi east of Salt Lake City, Utah....	1998-06-09
NSB	Flint Hills Scenic Byway Flint Hills Scenic Byway Flint Hills Scenic Byway is a byway located in Kansas. It is a section of K-177 located in the Flint Hills region of the state, stretching from Interstate 35 at Cassoday, Kansas in the south to U.S....		Kansas	Scenic drive through Great Plains Great Plains The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....  grassland Grassland Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found.... s	2005-09-22
NSB	Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway		Colorado	Follows the paths of early explorers through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado in the United States....	1998-06-09
AAR	George Washington Memorial Parkway George Washington Memorial Parkway The George Washington Memorial Parkway, known to local motorists simply as the "G.W. Parkway", is a parkway maintained by the U.S. National Park Service....		Virginia	Landscaped parkway along the Potomac River Potomac River The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. The river is approximately 383 statute miles long, with a Drainage basin of about 14,700 square miles ....	2005-09-22 (AAR)
NSB	Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway		New Mexico	Scenic drive past mountains and lakes of southwestern New Mexico	2005-09-22
NSB	Glenn Highway Glenn Highway The Glenn Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending 187 miles from Anchorage, Alaska near Merrill Field to Glennallen, Alaska on the Richardson Highway....		Alaska	Terrain shaped by receding glaciers	2002-06-13
NSB	Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway		Colorado	Follows stage and rail routes to historic gold mining locations	2000-06-15
NSB	Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway		Colorado	Climbs to Grand Mesa Grand Mesa The Grand Mesa is a large geology formation in western Colorado in the United States. The largest mesa in the world, it has an area of about 500 square miles and stretches for about 40 miles east of Grand Junction, Colorado between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River, its tributary to the south....	1996-09-19
NSB	Grand Rounds Scenic Byway Grand Rounds Scenic Byway The Grand Rounds Scenic Byway is a linked series of park areas in Minneapolis, Minnesota that takes a roughly circular path through the city. The corridors include roads for automobile traffic plus paths for pedestrians and bicycles, and extend slightly into neighboring cities....		Minnesota	Continuous parkway surrounding Minneapolis	1998-06-09
NSB	Great River Road Great River Road The Great River Road is a collection of state, provincial, federal, and local roads which follow the course of the Mississippi River through ten states of the United States and two Canada provinces....		Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Wisconsin	Scenic drive along the Mississippi River Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....  from its headwaters to southern Mississippi	2000-06-15 (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin) 2002-06-13 (Arkansas) 2005-09-22 (Mississippi)
AAR	Hells Canyon Scenic Byway Hells Canyon Scenic Byway Hells Canyon Scenic Byway is a designated All-American Road in the United States state of Oregon. It is located at the northeast corner of Oregon and is comprised of Oregon Route 82, Forest Roads 39 and 3365, and most of Oregon Route 86....		Oregon	Provides views of Hells Canyon Hells Canyon Hells Canyon is a ten-mile wide canyon located along the border of eastern Oregon and western Idaho in the United States. It is North America's deepest river gorge at 7,993 feet and the most important feature of Hells Canyon National Recreation Area....  on the Snake River Snake River The Snake River is a major tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The river's length is , its drainage basin drains , and the average discharge at its mouth is ....	2000-06-15 (AAR)
NSB	Highland Scenic Highway		West Virginia	Scenic drive through mountains and valleys	1996-09-19
NSB	Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway		Minnesota	Historic and scenic drive through southearnern Minnesota	2002-06-13
AAR	Historic Columbia River Highway		Oregon	America's first scenic highway, through the Columbia River Gorge Columbia River Gorge The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range forming the boundary between the State of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south....	1998-06-09 (AAR)
AAR	Historic National Road		Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia	Historic gateway to the Midwestern U.S.	1998-06-09 (NSB, Indiana) 2000-06-15 (NSB, Illinois) 2002-06-13 (AAR, all states)
NSB	Historic Route 66		Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico	Historic "Mother Road" linking Chicago to Los Angeles	2000-06-15 (New Mexico) 2005-09-22 (Arizona, Illinois)
NSB	Illinois River Road: Route of the Voyageurs Illinois River Road: Route of the Voyageurs The Illinois River Road: Route of the Voyageurs is a National Scenic Byway in central Illinois, United States.The byway traverses portions of the following routes:...		Illinois	Scenic drive through the Illinois River Valley	2005-09-22
NSB	Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway The Indian River Lagoon Scenic Highway is a long scenic byway located in Florida. Basically, the Highway is actually a collection of several roads, mostly running north and south along either side of the Indian River Lagoon, connected by other roads running over the Lagoon....		Florida	Diverse estuary Estuary An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....  near Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center on Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard County, Florida, United States....	2002-06-13
AAR	International Selkirk Loop International Selkirk Loop The International Selkirk Loop is a scenic road loop circling the Selkirk Mountains. The Loop has been named North America's only International Scenic Byway....		Idaho, Washington	Loop around the Selkirk Mountains Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia....	2005-09-22 (AAR)
NSB	Jemez Mountain Trail		New Mexico	Scenic drive past geological formations and Indian ruins	1998-06-09
NSB	Kaibab Plateau - North Rim Parkway		Arizona	Scenic drive through dense forests to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon	1998-06-09
NSB	Kancamagus Scenic Byway		New Hampshire	Passes through the White Mountains White Mountains (New Hampshire) The White Mountains are a mountain range that covers about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States....	1996-09-19
NSB	Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail		Ohio	Follows the south shore of Lake Erie Lake Erie Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....	2005-09-22
NSB	Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive		Nevada	Follows the east shore of Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe is a large Fresh water lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada....	1996-09-19
AAR	Lakes to Locks Passage, The Great Northeast Journey		New York	Passes by the connected waterways of the eastern tier of New York	2002-06-13 (AAR)
AAR	Las Vegas Strip Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, Nevada, but most of it is in the unincorporated area areas of Paradise, Nevada and Winchester, Nevada....		Nevada	Urban boulevard past casino Casino A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions.... s and other Las Vegas entertainment	2000-06-15 (AAR)
NSB	Lincoln Highway		Illinois	A portion of America's first transcontinental highway	2000-06-15
NSB	Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road		Missouri	Part of the Great River Road Great River Road The Great River Road is a collection of state, provincial, federal, and local roads which follow the course of the Mississippi River through ten states of the United States and two Canada provinces....  in northeastern Missouri	2002-06-13
NSB	Loess Hills Scenic Byway		Iowa	Silt deposits in the Missouri River Valley Missouri River Valley The Missouri River Valley outlines the journey of the Missouri River from its headwaters where the Madison River, Jefferson River and Gallatin Rivers flow together in Montana to its confluence with the Mississippi River in the State of Missouri....	2000-06-15
NSB	Logan Canyon Scenic Byway		Utah	Passes through scenic Logan Canyon Logan Canyon Logan Canyon is a canyon that cuts its way through the Bear River Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range, in northeastern Utah. It connects the Cache Valley and Bear Lake valleys and is traversed by U.S....	2002-06-13
NSB	McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway		Oregon	Loop across two Cascade passes	1998-06-09
NSB	Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route The Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route extends for thirty-three miles in southwestern Illinois, traveling through the floodplain of the Mississippi River, Missouri River and Illinois River Rivers....		Illinois	Floodplain Floodplain ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding....  where the Illinois Illinois River The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of .... , Mississippi Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico.... , and Missouri River Missouri River The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, and the longest river in the United States of America. The Missouri begins at the confluence of the Madison River, Jefferson River, and Gallatin River rivers in Montana, and flows through Missouri River Valley south and east into the Mississippi north of St.... s meet	1998-06-09 2000-06-15 (extended)
NSB	Merritt Parkway Merritt Parkway The Merritt Parkway is a limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route....		Connecticut	Historic parkway with individually-designed bridges	1996-09-19
NSB	Midland Trail		West Virginia	Scenic drive through the New River Gorge	2000-06-15
NSB	Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway		Minnesota	Historic drive through the Minnesota River Valley	2002-06-13
NSB	Mohawk Towpath Byway Mohawk Towpath Byway The Byway is a series of local, county, and state highways between Waterford and Cohoes and Schenectady along the Mohawk River and historic Erie Canal in upstate New York....		New York	Follows the historic Erie Canal Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a man-made waterway in New York state that runs about 365 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes....	2005-09-22
NSB	Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90		Washington	Scenic drive across the Cascades	1998-06-09
NSB	Mt. Hood Scenic Byway Mt. Hood Scenic Byway Mount Hood Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in Oregon which connects Troutdale, Oregon with Hood River, Oregon via the southern flank of Mount Hood....		Oregon	Provides views of Mount Hood Mount Hood Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah , is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanoes of northern Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States....	2005-09-22
AAR	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace Parkway The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long parkway, in the form of a Limited-access road Two-lane freeway, in the southeastern United States....		Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee	Early trail connecting the Mississippi Territory Mississippi Territory Mississippi Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice , until it extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern border of Tennessee....  with Nashville	1996-09-19 (AAR)
NSB	Native American Scenic Byway		North Dakota, South Dakota	Traverses four Lakota Sioux reservations	1998-06-09 (South Dakota) 2005-09-22 (extended in both states)
NSB	Nebo Loop Scenic Byway		Utah	Passes near Mount Nebo Mount Nebo (Utah) Mount Nebo is the southernmost and highest mountain in the Wasatch Range of Utah, in the United States. Named after the Mount Nebo overlooking Israel, which is said to be the place of Moses' death, it is the centerpiece of the Mount Nebo Wilderness, inside the Uinta National Forest....  in the Wasatch Range Wasatch Range The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches about from the Utah- Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States....	1998-06-09
AAR	North Shore Scenic Drive North Shore Scenic Drive The North Shore Scenic Drive is an All-American Road that follows St. Louis County Road 61/Lake County Road 61/Minnesota State Highway 61 from Duluth, Minnesota to the Canada border near Grand Portage, Minnesota....		Minnesota	Follows the north shore of Lake Superior Lake Superior Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, United States, and to the south by the U.S....	2000-06-15 (AAR) 2002-06-13 (extended)
AAR	Northwest Passage Scenic Byway		Idaho	Follows Lewis and Clark's search for the Northwest Passage Northwest Passage The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans....	2002-06-13 2005-09-22 (extended and became an AAR)
NSB	Ohio River Scenic Route		Illinois, Indiana, Ohio	Follows the north bank of the Ohio River Ohio River The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....	1996-09-19 (Indiana) 1998-06-09 (Illinois, Ohio)
NSB	Old Canada Road Scenic Byway		Maine	Historic route between Maine and Quebec Quebec Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....	2000-06-15
NSB	Outback Scenic Byway Outback Scenic Byway The Outback Scenic Byway is a designated National Scenic Byway on Oregon state highways that features the scenic rugged landscape of Central Oregon....		Oregon	Scenic drive through rugged country of southern Oregon	1998-06-09
AAR	Pacific Coast Scenic Byway		Oregon	Scenic drive along the Pacific coast Pacific Coast A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast facing the Pacific Ocean....	1998-06-09 (NSB) 2002-06-13 (AAR)
NSB	Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway		Minnesota	Passes through the forests of central Minnesota	2005-09-22
NSB	Payette River Scenic Byway		Idaho	Traverses foothills and valleys	2002-06-13
NSB	Pend Oreille Scenic Byway		Idaho	Scenic drive along Lake Pend Oreille Lake Pend Oreille Lake Pend Oreille is a lake in the northern Idaho Panhandle, with a surface area of 148 square miles. It is 65 miles long, and 1,150 feet deep in some regions, making it the fifth deepest in the United States....	2002-06-13
NSB	Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway The Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota, USA. It is a loop which is comprised of portions of U.S....		South Dakota	Scenic drive through mountains of southwestern South Dakota	1996-09-19
NSB	Pioneer Historic Byway		Idaho	Includes Mormon settlements and Oregon Trail Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory....  ruts	2005-09-22
NSB	Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway		Nevada	One of the largest desert lakes in the world	1996-09-19
NSB	Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway		Maine	Scenic drive past mountains and lakes	2000-06-15
NSB	Red River Gorge Scenic Byway		Kentucky	Scenic drive through the Red River Gorge Red River Gorge The Red River Gorge, located at , is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky. Geologically, it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment....	2002-06-13
AAR	Red Rock Scenic Road		Arizona	Scenic drive through the high desert	2005-09-22 (AAR)
NSB	River Road Scenic Byway		Michigan	Scenic drive through the Au Sable River Valley	2005-09-22
NSB	Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway		Oregon	Follows two scenic rivers through southwestern Oregon	2002-06-13
AAR	Route One, Big Sur Coast Highway		California	Scenic Drive along the Pacific coast Pacific Coast A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast facing the Pacific Ocean....	1996-09-19 (AAR)
AAR	Route One, San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway		California	Scenic Drive along the Pacific coast Pacific Coast A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast facing the Pacific Ocean....	2002-06-13 (AAR)
NSB	Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway The Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway is a scenic highway in the U.S. state of Georgia that includes State Route 180 , State Route 348 and parts of State Route 17 and State Route 75 Alternate ....		Georgia	Winds through the southern Appalachians	2000-06-15
AAR	San Juan Skyway		Colorado	Loop through the San Juan Mountains San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains are a rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado....	1996-09-19 (AAR)
NSB	Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway		Colorado, New Mexico	Follows a historic trade route through scenic mountains and plains	1998-06-09
NSB	Savannah River Scenic Byway		South Carolina	Scenic drive along the Savannah River Savannah River File:Savannah river cargo ship.jpgFile:Riverwalk Augusta in December.jpgThe Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the U.S....	1998-06-09
NSB	Schoodic Scenic Byway		Maine	Unspoiled coastline through the "quiet side" of Acadia National Park Acadia National Park Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic Ocean of Maine. Traditionally inhabited by Wabanaki Native American hunters, fishers, and gatherers, the area includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes.....	2000-06-15
NSB	Seaway Trail Seaway Trail The Seaway Trail is a 518 mile National Scenic Byway in the United States, mostly contained in New York but with a small segment in Pennsylvania....		New York, Pennsylvania	Scenic drive along the shores of the Great Lakes Great Lakes The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....  and St. Lawrence River	1996-09-19 (New York) 2005-09-22 (Pennsylvania)
AAR	Selma to Montgomery March Byway		Alabama	Route of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an United States pastor, activist and prominent leader in the African-American African-American Civil Rights Movement ....	1996-09-19 (AAR)
AAR	Seward Highway Seward Highway The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 127 miles from Seward, Alaska to Anchorage, Alaska. It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula and Turnagain Arm, for which it was designated an National Scenic Byway by the U.S....		Alaska	Scenic drive through mountains and fjord Fjord Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier.... s	1998-06-09 (NSB) 2000-06-15 (AAR)
NSB	Sky Island Scenic Byway		Arizona	Climb from the desert to forests with great biological diversity	2005-09-22
NSB	Skyline Drive Skyline Drive Skyline Drive is a 105-mile road that runs the entire length of the National Park Service Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, generally along the ridge of the mountains....		Virginia	Scenic drive through Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east....	2005-09-22
NSB	Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway		North Dakota	Historic drive through a scenic valley	2002-06-13
NSB	Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike		West Virginia	Historic drive through West Virginia forests	2005-09-22
NSB	Stevens Pass Greenway		Washington	Scenic drive across the Cascades	2005-09-22
NSB	Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112		Washington	Follows the shoreline of northwestern Washington	2000-06-15
NSB	Talimena Scenic Drive Talimena Scenic Drive The Talimena Scenic Drive is a National Scenic Byway in Kiamichi Country and extreme western Arkansas spanning a stretch of Oklahoma State Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 88 from Talihina, Oklahoma to Mena, Arkansas....		Arkansas, Oklahoma	Crest drive along some of the highest ridges between the Appalachians and Rockies Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 4,800 kilometre from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States....	2005-09-22
NSB	Talladega Scenic Drive		Alabama	Scenic drive through the southernmost extension of the Appalachian Mountains Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....	1998-06-09
NSB	Tamiami Trail Scenic Highway		Florida	Traverses the Florida Everglades	2000-06-15
NSB	Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road		California	High mountain pass through Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park is a National Park Service located in the eastern portions of Tuolumne County, California, Mariposa County, California and Madera County, California counties in east central California, United States....	1996-09-19
NSB	Top of the Rockies Top of the Rockies Top of the Rockies is the name of a National Scenic Byway in Colorado, in the Western United States. Most of the byway is above and thus the name of the byway is Top of the Rockies....		Colorado	Scenic drive through the Rockies Rockies Rockies can mean the following:* Rocky Mountains, a North American mountain range* Colorado Rockies, a Colorado Major League baseball team* Colorado Rockies , a former NHL hockey team that became the New Jersey Devils...  near Leadville	1998-06-09
NSB	Trail of the Ancients		Colorado, Utah	Scenic drive through the Native American Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....  history of the Four Corners region	2005-09-22
NSB	Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway		New Mexico	Scenic drive through the mountains of southwestern New Mexico	2005-09-22
AAR	Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road		Colorado	America's highest continuously paved road	1996-09-19 (AAR)
NSB	Turquoise Trail		New Mexico	Back road between Albuquerque and Santa Fe	2000-06-15
AAR	Utah's Scenic Byway 12 - A Journey Through Time		Utah	Scenic drive through canyons, plateaus, and valleys	2002-06-13 (AAR)
AAR	Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway The Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway is an All-American Road in the U.S. states of California and Oregon. It is roughly 500 miles long and travels through the Cascade Range past numerous volcanoes....		California, Oregon	Scenic drive through the Cascade Volcanic Arc	1998-06-09 (AAR, Oregon) 2002-06-13 (AAR, California)
NSB	Washington Heritage Trail Washington Heritage Trail The Washington Heritage Trail is a self-guided driving trail through the easternmost counties of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle: Berkeley County, West Virginia, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Morgan County, West Virginia....		West Virginia	Scenic and historic drive through West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle	2000-06-15
NSB	West Cascades Scenic Byway West Cascades Scenic Byway The West Cascades Scenic Byway is a 220 mi National Scenic Byway in the U.S. state of Oregon. The route is designed to provide a tour on the west side of the Cascade Range along the east side of the Willamette Valley....		Oregon	Follows the west side of the Cascades	2000-06-15
NSB	Western Heritage Historic Byway		Idaho	Scenic drive to the Snake River Canyon Snake River Canyon (Idaho) Snake River Canyon is a large canyon formed by the Snake River in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho. It is well known as the site of an unsuccessful 1974 attempt by Evel Knievel, to jump it in the Skycycle X-2....	2005-09-22
NSB	Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway		Kansas	Scenic drive through wetland Wetland File:Mangrove trees in Everglades.JPGA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water.... s of central Kansas	2005-09-22
NSB	White Mountain Trail		New Hampshire	Passes through the White Mountains White Mountains (New Hampshire) The White Mountains are a mountain range that covers about a quarter of the state of New Hampshire and a small portion of western Maine in the United States....  and past Mount Washington Mount Washington (New Hampshire) Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at . It is famous for its dangerously erratic weather, holding the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, at on the afternoon of April 12, 1934....	1998-06-09
NSB	Wilderness Road Heritage Highway		Kentucky	Follows Daniel Boone Daniel Boone Daniel Boone [October 22 , 1734 – September 26, 1820] was an American pioneer and hunting whose frontier exploits made him one of the first Folklore of the United States of the United States.... 's historic entrance to the valleys of Kentucky	2002-06-13
NSB	Woodward Avenue		Michigan	Connects automobile-related historic sites of the "Motor City"	2002-06-13

See also

• List of Forest Service Byways
  List of Forest Service Byways
  
  The following roads have been designated by the U.S. Forest Service as scenic byways. Many are also National Scenic Byways.*Ancient Bristlecone Scenic Byway...
  

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