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id: "81460"
name: "Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway "
distance: "47"
description: "Travel through some of North Carolina’s most charming and remote landscapes on the 47-mile Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway."
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.ncdot.org/travel/scenic/"
    name: "North Carolina Department of Transportation: Scenic Byways"
designations: 
  - North Carolina State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NC
ll: 
  - -81.7929759999999
  - 35.826130000000035
bounds: 
  - - -81.93878199999995
    - 35.77137000000005
  - - -81.77188099999995
    - 35.98728900000009

---

Loop around some of North Carolina’s most charming and remote landscapes on the 47-mile Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway. A portion of the byway is restricted to only four-wheel drive vehicles, providing an adventure for motorists seeking the road less traveled. Pass by unchanged stone-topped mountains and see what early settlers and soldiers saw. Follow the route that Kirk’s Raiders used during the Civil War to attack the Confederate Camp Vance outside Morganton. Along with its historical interests, the byway also offers picturesque views of several valleys, mountains, rivers, and rock faces. 