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Byway: Tennessee - Cherohala Skyway - Tennessee

Byway Description: Cultural heritage and historic sites of the Cherokee tribe and early settlers are offered throughout the Skyway in a grand forest environment in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The Cherohala Skyway provides spectacular mile-high vistas and brilliant fall foliage. Great hiking opportunities are found along the way, with spots for picnics in magnificent and seldom-seen portions of the southern Appalachian National Forests.


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(38.3)
0.0
(23.8)
Start of Byway Cherohala Skyway
Altitude: 4511 feet
Tennessee part of Byway Cherohala Skyway starts at the border of Tennessee with North Carolina on Tennessee Highway #165. The Skyway offers the cultural heritage of the Cherokee tribe and early settlers in a grand forest environment in the Appalachian Mountains. Travelers on this byway can enjoy mile-high vistas and brilliant fall foliage, as well as great hiking opportunities and picnic spots in magnificent and seldom seen portions of the southern Appalachian National Forests.
2.3
(36.0)
1.4
(22.4)
Falls Branch Road
Altitude: 3980 feet
Falls Branch Road,
15.2
(23.1)
9.4
(14.4)
Indian Boundary Road
Altitude: 1962 feet
Indian Boundary Road / Donelly Branch Road, Doublecamp Creek Road, Flats Creek, Tennessee
15.7
(22.6)
9.8
(14.0)
Turkey Creek Road
Altitude: 1880 feet
Turkey Creek Road / Rafter Road, Miller Ridge Road,
19.3
(19.0)
12.0
(11.8)
Hemlock Road
Altitude: 1762 feet
Hemlock Road / Turkey Creek Road, Lovering Road, Rafter, Tennessee, a Community in Tennessee.
21.9
(16.4)
13.6
(10.2)
Turkey Creek Road
Altitude: 1594 feet
Turkey Creek Road / Shaw Mountain Road, A Picnic site is located just off the Cherohala Skyway, Tennessee
22.9
(15.4)
14.2
(9.6)
Waucheesi, Tennessee
Altitude: 1519 feet
Turkey Creek Road, Shaw Mountain Road, Community of Waucheesi, Tennessee, Rafter, Tennessee
24.1
(14.2)
15.0
(8.8)
Turkey Creek Road
Altitude: 1463 feet
Turkey Creek Road, River Road, Bald River Falls, Birch Branch Campground, Tellico Ranger District, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee
29.9
(8.4)
18.6
(5.2)
River Road
Altitude: 1014 feet
River Road / Miller Cemetery Road, Wild Cat Road, A Mountain Trail is located here in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. Bald River Falls, on the Bald River, Tennessee.
34.7
(3.6)
21.6
(2.2)
Old Furnace Road
Altitude: 886 feet
Old Furnace Road, Tennessee Highway #68, Sandy Lane, Tennessee, Coker Creek, Tennessee.
35.5
(2.8)
22.1
(1.7)
Quarry Creek Road
Altitude: 863 feet
Quarry Creek Road, Quarry Creek, Tennessee
36.6
(1.7)
22.7
(1.1)
State Route #360
Altitude: 863 feet
State Route #360, Rafter Road / Lake Heights Road, Belltown, Tennessee
38.3
(0.0)
23.8
(0.0)
Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Altitude: 869 feet
Tellico Plains, Tennessee, a town in Monroe County, Tennessee. At the Junction of Cherohala Skyway / State Highway #165 with State Highway #68 at Tellico Plains, Tennessee, ends the Byway Cherohala Skyway, Tennessee.

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