Appalachia Driving Routes
The Blue Ridge and Great Smokies. 6 routes, each one a live Plot Along map you can open, copy and make your own. The Tail of the Dragon's 318 curves in eleven miles get the headlines, but the range rewards a slower pace too: Skyline Drive runs the length of Shenandoah's crest, and the Cherohala Skyway climbs a mile-high ridge between North Carolina and Tennessee.
View all regionsDeals Gap · NC/TN
Tail of the Dragon, US-129
Eleven miles, 318 curves and not a single intersection. It has a fair claim to the best-known driving road in the eastern United States.
- 15 mi
- 29m
- 3 stops
- 1,937 ft
Marion to Tazewell · VA
Back of the Dragon, VA-16
- 35 mi
- 1h 13m
- 5 stops
- 3,423 ft
Great Smoky Mtns · TN
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains
- 18 mi
- 1h 18m
- 6 stops
- 2,133 ft
Unicoi Mtns · NC/TN
Cherohala Skyway, NC-143 / TN-165
- 51 mi
- 1h 26m
- 7 stops
- 5,372 ft
Great Smoky Mtns · NC/TN
Newfound Gap Road, US-441
- 36 mi
- 1h 19m
- 8 stops
- 5,044 ft
Shenandoah NP · VA
Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
- 81 mi
- 2h 43m
- 14 stops
- 3,673 ft
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