---
template: byway.jade
id: "2057"
name: Talladega Scenic Drive
distance: "26.4"
duration: One hour to drive the byway
description: "Talladega Drive offers a bird's-eye view of scenic mountains, rock outcroppings, and small rural settlements within the Talladega National Forest. Heading towards Cheaha State Park and Alabama's highest peak, with an elevation of 2,407 feet, travel the backbone of Horseblock and Cheaha Mountains, the southernmost extension of the Appalachian Mountains."
contact: "**Shoal Creek Ranger District (USFS.)**  \r\n 256-463-2272  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.alabamabyways.org"
    name: Alabama Byways
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/alabama/"
    name: "Alabama's National Forests"
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43664"
    name: Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=43666"
    name: "Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge-AL"
  - url: "http://www.talladega.com/"
    name: Talladega Chamber of Commerce
  - url: "http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/byway/al.htm"
    name: Talladega Scenic Drive
  - url: "http://www.alabamabyways.com/2012/05/26/talladega-scenic-drive/"
    name: "Talladega Scenic Drive - Alabama Byways"
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Alabama State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - AL
ll: 
  - -85.63085199999995
  - 33.64584000000008
bounds: 
  - - -85.875969
    - 33.40414800000008
  - - -85.62799799999999
    - 33.64584000000008

---

Talladega Drive offers a bird's-eye view of scenic mountains, rock outcroppings, and small rural settlements within the Talladega National Forest. Heading towards Cheaha State Park and Alabama's highest peak, with an elevation of 2,407 feet, travel the backbone of Horseblock and Cheaha Mountains, the southernmost extension of the Appalachian Mountains.