Cherokee & Nantahala National Forests driving roads

1 road and 42 mapped miles. Pick a road to see its route, character and access notes.

The Cherohala Skyway's own page covers its full 41.6-mile crossing between Tennessee and North Carolina. It connects to Tail of the Dragon at the Robbinsville end for a genuinely different kind of driving on the same trip.

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Cherohala Skyway41.6 mi · Medium speed · Difficulty 2/3A 43-mile National Scenic Byway between Tellico Plains, Tennessee, and Robbinsville, North Carolina, climbing to 5,390 ft. Long, sweeping mountain curves rather than tight hairpins — a different character from the Dragon it connects to at the Robbinsville end.

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