scenic landscapes
Beautiful natural panoramas
Scenic landscapes are views of natural or rural terrain valued for their beauty—mountains, coastlines, valleys, forests.
The phrase appears in tourism, real estate, and environmental contexts: The highway offers scenic landscapes at every turn.
Scenic emphasizes visual appeal; landscapes grounds it in geography.
The combination is somewhat redundant, since scenic already implies pleasing views.
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- alpine lakesHigh-altitude mountain waters
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- tourismLeisure travel sector
outdoor recreation · wilderness · hiking trails · valleys · cliffs · rivers · peak · panorama · bird's eye view · hiking · hill · hidden gems · conservation · rolling hills · canyon · waterfalls · meadow · nature reserves
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- GhanaAccra, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Western, Central
- Western New YorkBuffalo, Lake Erie, Hamburg, Amherst, Lancaster
- Dufferin CountyAmaranth
- TaiwanTaiwan, Taipei, Taichung, Formosa, Republic of China
- LexingtonLexington, horse farms, thoroughbred racing, Ashland
scenic landscapeseyesores
Offensive things to behold
garbage dumps · slag heaps · landfills · junkyards · strip mines
scenic landscapescityscapes
Urban scenery depictions
industrial zones · concrete jungles · urban sprawl · metropolitan areas · parking lots