Interstate 530 State Scenic Byway

The Best Scenic Driving Route You Never Knew

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Discover the best scenic driving route that you never knew, the newly designated Interstate 530 State Scenic Byway through Arkansas — gorgeous wildflowers, rolling woodlands, waterfowl, wading birds & more!

The states newest scenic byway roughly follows Bayou Bartholomew crossing the stream several times from its origins in the rolling woodlands of the West Gulf Coastal Plain until it descends into the flatlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, or Delta.

Approximately the southern two-thirds of the route travels a wetlands corridor once designated for preservation as a greenbelt. Though I-530 and urban development now encroach on the corridor, waterfowl and wading birds can still be observed in the bayou backwaters, ponds and borrow pits from which fill was taken to build the roadway. Young bald cypresses planted as part of a reforestation effort can also be seen.

ROUTE: Interstate 530 between Ark. 256 northwest of White Hall and U.S. 65 in southern Pine Bluff.

LENGTH: 15 miles.

THINGS TO KNOW: Shopping, lodging and dining are available in Pine Bluff.

MAJOR AREA ATTRACTIONS:

• Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
• Arkansas Railroad Museum
• Band Museum
• Downtown Murals
• Delta Rivers Nature Center
• Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Historical Museum
• Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Regional Park
• Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center

REGIONAL TOURISM INFORMATION:

• Arkansass Land of Legends Travel Association