Millbridge Scenic Byway
Millbridge Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in North Carolina. Within North Carolina it covers roughly 14 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Millbridge Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Millbridge Scenic Byway winds through Rowan County, North Carolina, past a nearly 200-year-old gristmill and one of the state's oldest Presbyterian churches. The byway takes its name from the flour mill Dr. Samuel Kerr built in 1823 in the Scotch-Irish settlement of Millbridge; the mill still stands at Sloan Park today with a working waterwheel. Nearby, Thyatira Church, founded by the same Scotch-Irish settlers, remains one of North Carolina's oldest Presbyterian congregations. The route passes pick-your-own fruit orchards and the Piedmont Agricultural Research Station, keeping much of its farmland character intact, and drivers can detour into the Lazy Five Ranch, a drive-through animal park where zebras, ostriches, antelope, bison, and reindeer roam within sight of the road. The city of Salisbury sits just off the byway, adding a dose of Civil War history for anyone willing to extend the drive a little further. It's a compact, family-friendly route built around 19th-century agricultural heritage rather than any single dramatic landscape.
- Rowan County
- Kerr Mill (built 1823)
- Thyatira Presbyterian Church
- Lazy Five Ranch
- Piedmont Agricultural Research Station
- Salisbury Civil War history
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
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.
Where to Stay along Millbridge Scenic Byway
No campgrounds are listed close to Millbridge Scenic Byway yet, but there are rooms near the route.
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