Scenic America

Do you resent ugly billboards that block your view of the landscape from the road?

Scenic America has been fighting billboard proliferation for decades — and we’re thrilled to share a major victory from our Scenic Nevada chapter. After 25 years of determined advocacy from our Scenic Nevada team, retired billboards in Reno can no longer be replaced under the current code. That means when a billboard comes down, it’s gone for good.

This is a huge win for scenic beauty, community character, and the power of persistence.

Because when citizens stay engaged, change happens.

Read the full story — https://www.scenic.org/2026/02/06/no-new-billboards-in-reno/ — and help us keep the momentum going.

Happy Birthday to the National Park Service! Today, August 25, marks NPS’s anniversary of its founding in 1916, 108 years of protecting and preserving America's most cherished landscapes.

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Flickr: John William Hammond
Flickr: Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith
Flickr: U.S. Department of the Interior
Flickr: Johan Hakansson

Voting for the "America the Beautiful" Photo Contest is now open! Vote for your favorite scenic photos with the People's Choice category at https://www.scenic.org/scenic-americas-2025-america-the-beautiful-photo-contest/

Voting will be open until August 31st. Winners of the public vote and other categories will be announced soon after. Good luck to all participants!

📸: “Full Moon Over the City of Pittsburgh” by Angelo Mamone - Courtesy of Scenic America

This National Nonprofit Day we celebrate the dedication of organizations nationwide working to serve the local community. Scenic America is grateful to have the chance to fight for the preservation America's green spaces. Thanks to everyone who has assisted our mission this far. Your support is invaluable in achieving a more beautiful America!

📸: Walter Siegmund, Wikipedia Commons

Not ready to part with beautiful seaside coasts yet? Take a trip on the Three Capes Scenic Loop this ! This 70-mile loop will take you alongside the mesmerizing Tillamook Coast. Cape Meares, Lookout, and Kiwanda are obvious showstoppers, but hiking the lush Bayocean Spit trail and fishing near Netarts Bay are activities you don't want to miss out on. Enjoy coastal Oregon to the fullest with this striking route.

📸: Doug Kerr, Flickr

Today's is a short but impactful statement from naturalist John Muir: "Wildness is a necessity."

📸: Dennis Adams, National Archives Catalog

This takes a trip to Comic-Con, where building wraps blinded tourists and locals alike. The catch? The digital advertising is actually illegal. The city of San Diego fined companies thousands over illegally placed digital billboards throughout the multi-day event. Yet, advertisers are becoming large enough to still encroach into these spaces, regardless of city input. Scenic America actively works to rid all distracting visual blight, ensuring an open and safe event-going experience for everyone.

📸: Gage Skidmore, flickr

It's the last week of the "America the Beautiful" Photo Contest! Make sure to submit your entries at https://www.scenic.org/scenic-americas-2025-america-the-beautiful-photo-contest/ before August 17th!

📸: “Last Light” by Dustin Penman - Courtesy of Scenic America

This week's is the Big Sky Back Country Byway. Spanning 105 miles from Terry to Wolf Point, Montana, the Big Sky Back Country Byway winds through the expansive badlands and rolling prairies of eastern Montana, connecting the Yellowstone and Missouri River. This all-weather byway offers many scenic views and invites travelers to explore layers of natural, cultural, and historical significance. Along the route, visitors pass through three vibrant communities, Terry, Circle, and Wolf Point; all which have historical attractions. Designated in 2000, this BCB exemplifies multiple intrinsic values, scenic, educational, cultural, historic, and scientific, without compromising any of them. The Big Sky BCB continues to serve as both a transportation corridor and a storytelling landscape for eastern Montana.

The Big Sky Back Country Byway stands as a testament to Montana’s rich heritage and natural beauty, offering travelers a unique journey through time and terrain. Whether you're seeking scenic vistas or cultural connections, this byway delivers a memorable experience across the heart of eastern Montana.

📸 Flickr Bureau of Land Management

While on an outing at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, our policy director Tziporah caught this disruptive glare of the Captial One Arena billboard. The giant building wrap distracts locals, drivers, and even museum-goers. We cannot allow this to continue. Join Scenic America in ending visual blight, ensuring Americans have the chance to enjoy scenic (and aesthetic) beauty in peace.