Scenic Drives & Byways in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 16 scenic drives and byways to explore — including 1 National Scenic Byway, 7 State Scenic Byways, and 8 Rustic Roads. Pick any road below to see it on the map, or plan a Wisconsin trip in the Road Sorties route planner with scenic-road routing turned on.
All scenic roads in Wisconsin
- Door County Coastal Byway
- Great Divide National Scenic Highway
- Great River Road
- Great River Road (Wisconsin)
- Heritage Drive Scenic Byway
- Lower Wisconsin River Road
- Nicolet-Wolf River Scenic Byway
- Rustic Road 117 R117
- Rustic Road 118 R118
- Rustic Road 119 R119
- Rustic Road 120 R120
- Rustic Road 121 R121
- Rustic Road 122 R122
- Rustic Road 19 R19
- Rustic Road 89 R89
- Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway
Types of scenic byways in Wisconsin
- 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 7
- 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.
- Rustic Road 8
- Rustic Roads belong to Wisconsin's program for preserving lightly traveled country roads, chosen for their natural beauty and unspoiled, rural character.