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GEORGIA
Highway 19 from Dahlonega to Blue Ridge
Highway 60, Dahlonega to Morganton
Highway 76 from Blairsville to Clayton
U.S. 129 north of Hiawassee
Ga. 157 on Lookout Mountain

Scenic 197 in Habersham County north of Clarkesville
Amicalola Falls
Clayton to Hiawassee
Through Cooper’s Creek in Union County – “dirt roads, waterfalls and forests.” Franklin County, Ga.
Georgia Scenic Highway from Hiawassee to Clayton
The Georgia Wine Highway
North Georgia roads
Old highway between Toccoa and Demorest
Richard B. Russell Highway
Royston to Clarkesville
Unicoi Gap, Highway 129

KENTUCKY
Route 23 in Kentucky

MARYLAND
From Sideling Hill to Woodmont in the fall

NORTH CAROLINA
Route 28 from Franklin to Bryson City
I-40 in western North Carolina
U.S. 64 west of Brevard
N.C. 88 and Meat Camp Road, Ashe and Watauga counties
N.C. 209
Highway 321
FR 475 to Rosman and back to Brevard
Ashe County
“back way from Asheville to Cherokee”
Banner Elk to Linville Falls
Big Pine Valley Road
Grandfather Mountain
Hot Springs
Through Mills River, Rt. 280

Quilt Trail Rosman to Lake Toxaway
Valle Crucis

SOUTH CAROLINA
Brasstown Road, Longcreek
Cleo Chapman Highway through the Eastatoe Valley, Pickens County

TENNESSEE
Highway 32, Cosby, to I-40
I-40 to Gatlinburg, Highway 441
To Gatlinburg through the Smokies
Grassy Cove to Crossville
Sevier County
Spencer to Cleveland

VIRGINIA
U.S. 11, Lexington to Steeles Tavern
Route 16, Tazewell to Independence
Route 39 west of Lexington
Route 42, Paint Bank to New Castle
U.S. 220 through Bath and Highland counties
Highway 221
Highway 231, Sperryville to Madison
Route 250 to Monterey
U.S. 460
Backroads of Albemarle County
Carroll County
Catawba to Blacksburg
Dublin
Elk Creek
Elliston to Alleghany to Bent Mountain
Goshen Pass, Rockbridge County
Highland County
southern Nelson County on Route 151 “in the fall, when the apple orchards are open”
Newport to New Castle
Patrick County Roanoke to Mabry Mill
“western Rockingham County,” writes reader Mary Rouse, “with the rolling, active farms, horses and buggies, mountains in the background, fields bordered by woods”
Scott County
Shenandoah Valley Skyline Drive
Stanley to Luray

WEST VIRGINIA
Route 219, Lewisburg to Watoga State Park
Route 250 near Marion County
James River and Kanawha Turnpike, Rainelle to Meadow Bluff

MULTI-STATE
Cherohala Skyway, from Robbinsville, N.C. to Tellico Plains, Tenn.
Clayton, Ga. to Cashiers, N.C.
“Melungeon Country,” Tennessee/Virginia
Monterey, Va. to Elkins, W.Va.
Piper’s Gap, Virginia and North Carolina
Southern Highroads Trail: Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina Tate City, Georgia/North Carolina
U.S. 11, Bristol (Tenn./Va.) to Roanoke (Va.)
19E from Roan Mountain, Tenn. to I-26 in North Carolina
U.S. 28 between Walhalla, S.C. and Highlands, N.C.
Route 33 from Elkins, W.Va. to Harrisonburg, Va.
Route 52 from Virginia to West Virginia
Route 219, Rich Creek, Va. to Lewisburg, W.Va.