Scenic Drives
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Mountain Waters Scenic Byway (NC-28 Horseshoe Bend) - The
Little Tennessee River flows from
Franklin north to Fontana Lake at the Tennessee border.
NC-28 accompanies the Little Tennessee along its winding path and
offers you a lovely panorama, especially in the Autumn.
For 'leaf viewers' this is one leg of one of the most beautiful
Autumn drives in the country. Formed by the triangle of
NC-28 (Franklin to Lauada), US-74 (Lauada to Dillsboro) and
US-23/441 (Dillsboro back to Franklin), this drive offers an
unusual variety of terrain and colors. Almost all of the
US-74 portion is freeway and most of the US-23/441 is
divided 4-lane allowing unusual safety in an Autumn drive
for leaf-viewing.
Dillsboro is very accessible (again, by I-40 and the US-74
freeways) from Asheville. Franklin is a very hospitable
town, acclimated to tourists with a lot of great eating
places (and motels). Make your reservations well ahead of
time!
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