The Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway, also known as "The Trace," is the major north–south roadway that traverses the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in two counties in western Kentucky and northwestern Stewart County in northwest Middle Tennessee.

SR 461 ends at the southern boundary of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, but continues solely as the Trace.

[6] It passes through the sites of the defunct towns of Tharpe and Model, the latter of which is home to the remnants of an old furnace, as well as the 1850s Homeplace living history farm before the road makes its entry into Kentucky at the state line.

[9] Shortly before the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL) was established, the Kentucky segment of the Trace was originally designated as Kentucky Route 453 (KY 453), and the Tennessee segment was Tennessee State Route 49 (SR 49).

Both KY 453 and SR 49 were decommissioned from the Trace after the LBL was acquired by the USDA's Forest Service from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the previous owner of the recreation area.