Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in South Dakota. Within South Dakota it covers roughly 70 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This byway loops through the granite heart of the Black Hills, taking in the Needles Highway — where the road threads between towering granite spires and one-lane tunnels — and Iron Mountain Road, with its corkscrew "pigtail" bridges and tunnels deliberately framing Mount Rushmore. Sylvan Lake and the surrounding Custer State Park round out the route. It is widely regarded as one of the most ingeniously engineered scenic drives in the country.
- Needles Highway spires
- Iron Mountain pigtail bridges
- tunnels framing Mount Rushmore
- Sylvan Lake
- Black Hills granite
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
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.