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template: byway.jade
id: "12821"
name: Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
distance: "65"
duration: 2 hours
description: Forest Heritage Scenic Byway is highlighted by beautiful mountain scenery and rich local history in the Pisgah National Forest.
contact: "**Pisgah Ranger District**  \r\n 828-877-3350  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/magazine/index.php"
    name: "The Blue Ridge Highlander: Online Magazine"
  - url: "http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/north_carolina/Forest-Heritage-National-Scenic-Byway/"
    name: Forest Heritage
  - url: "http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/byway/nc.htm"
    name: GORP North Carolina Byways
  - url: "http://www.historicflatrock.org/activities_tours.htm"
    name: Henderson Walking Tours and Itineraries
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/nfsnc"
    name: "Nantahala, Pisgah, Croatan and Uwharrie National Forests."
  - url: "http://www.visitnc.com/journeys/articles/scenic-drives/1/forest-heritage-scenic-byway-mountain-scenic-drives"
    name: North Carolina Scenic Drives
  - url: "http://www.ncdot.org/doh/Operations/dp_chief_eng/roadside/scenic/"
    name: Welcome to NCDOT Scenic Byways
designations: 
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - North Carolina State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NC
ll: 
  - -82.83888999999994
  - 35.143620000000055
bounds: 
  - - -82.94188699999995
    - 35.143620000000055
  - - -82.70474999999993
    - 35.47100800000004

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Forest Heritage Scenic Byway is highlighted by beautiful mountain scenery and rich local history.  Enjoy the Pisgah National Forest, over a million acres designated as a National Forest in 1916.  And don't miss spectacular Looking Glass Falls, an 85 foot plunge named for nearby looking glass rock, a monolithic face of granite that gleams like a mirror from water seeping out of the stones.  This byway intersects the Blue Ridge Parkway twice and connects with Waterfall Byway near Rosman.