Designated a National Scenic Byway by the America's Byway Program in 2005, the road travels within the Ouachita National Forest along the highest peaks of the Winding Stair Mountains, part of the Ouachita Mountain chain, including the second tallest peak in Arkansas, Rich Mountain,  in elevation. Many of the forests along these ridges, stunted and of little commercial value, were never logged and are old growth.
The road was recognized as a National Scenic Byway in 2005 and travels through the Ouachita National Forest along the highest peaks of the Winding Stair Mountains. Rich Mountain, Arkansas’s second tallest peak, is included among these areas. The forests here are stunted and not commercially valuable, remaining old growth.