The Cherohala Skyway, the Ocoee River gorge on US-64, Tellico Plains, Reliance, Copperhill, Ducktown, and the Chattanooga region — wide rivers, big sweepers, and quiet copper-mining towns.
43 miles of high-elevation sweepers from Tellico to Robbinsville.
A purpose-built scenic highway that climbs from Tellico Plains, TN to Robbinsville, NC across the Unicoi Mountains. Wide pavement, long sight-lines, and almost no traffic compared to the Dragon next door.
Whitewater on your right, rock face on your left.
US-64 follows the Ocoee from Cleveland east to the Ducktown copper basin and the Georgia line. Olympic whitewater, a string of overlooks, and the Cherokee National Forest on both sides.
Twin towns on the TN/GA line with copper-mining history.
Twin border towns with the Ducktown Basin Museum, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway terminus, and a quiet network of TN-68 sweepers heading north toward Tellico Plains.
River bluffs and Cumberland Plateau overlooks.
TN-27 up Signal Mountain into Prentice Cooper State Forest, with Suck Creek Road's hairpins down to the Tennessee River. Pair with a Lookout Mountain run for a full Chattanooga day.
Plan the experience, then pick the stay — cabins, lodges, and inns across the greater Blue Ridge.
Real-time leaf-peeping conditions across the Southern Appalachians.
The roads worth the drive — scenic routes and motorcycle roads across GA, WNC, and S. TN.
