Scenic Drives & Byways in Missouri
Missouri has 14 scenic drives and byways to explore — including 1 National Scenic Byway and 13 State Scenic Byways. Pick any road below to see it on the map, or plan a Missouri trip in the Road Sorties route planner with scenic-road routing turned on.
All scenic roads in Missouri
- Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
- Cliff Drive
- Crowley's Ridge Parkway
- Glade Top Trail
- Great River Road - Missouri
- Historic Route 66 - Missouri 66
- Old Trails Road
- Ozark Mountain High Road
- Ozark Mountain Parkway
- Scenic Route
- Sho-Me Santa Fe Trails
- Spirit of Kansas City
- Stars and Stripes Historical/Cultural Byway
- Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
Types of scenic byways in Missouri
- National Scenic Byway 1
- National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.
- State Scenic Byway 13
- State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Featured road trips in Missouri
- Ozark Highlands: Missouri's Forgotten Curves
120 miles of winding Ozark forest roads through Missouri's most remote and scenic backcountry.
- Route 66 East: Chicago to Amarillo
1,300 miles of the Mother Road from Lake Michigan to the Texas Panhandle — diners, neon, and roadside Americana.