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The best twisty roads around Badmans Flat

44 twisty stretches · 400 km of twisty road within reach of Badmans Flat — joined from OpenStreetMap geometry and scored by NavForge's map pipeline. Paved, unpaved and flowing stretches ranked separately.

Every twisty stretch of road within 60 km of Badmans Flat, New Zealand — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Whangamoa Road (SH 6) · near Hira with 8.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

44
Stretches within 60 km
400 km
Twisty kilometres
1,459
Tight corners
5 / 18
Sealed / unsealed shown
Whangamoa Road (SH 6) · near Hira

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners
km 75–83 of 98.3

Score 10 · High

Kerr Hill Road · near Kikiwa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–5.2 of 15.8

Score 8 · High

Isolation Spur · near Nelson

Paved twisty
Paved 100%
4WD track — check access

4.8 km · 4.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~40 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–4.8 of 4.8

Score 11 · High

Chings Highway · near Nelson

Paved twisty
Paved 100%
4WD track — check access

4.8 km · 4.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~64 tight corners · 4 hairpins
km 0–4.8 of 4.8

Score 12 · Extreme

Cable Bay Road · Hira → Glenduan

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 10
km 3–8 of 8.6

Score 9 · High

Onamalutu Road · Kaituna → Renwick

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.2 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~3 tight corners
km 1.1–9.3 of 9.3

Score 7 · Moderate

Collins Valley Road / State Highway 6 (SH 6) · near Rai Valley

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.9 km · 2.9 twisty km · best km 9
km 56.1–64 of 98.3

Score 6 · Moderate

Waiwhero Road · Ngātīmoti → Motueka

Flowing
Paved 96%

9.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–9 of 10.2

Score 5 · Moderate

Dovedale Road · Dovedale → Woodstock

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.7 km · 1.9 twisty km · best km 7
km 10–19.8 of 19.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Motueka River West Bank Road · Ngātīmoti → Motueka

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 14–26 of 27

Score 5 · Moderate

State Highway 63 (SH 63) · Badmans Flat → The Plateau

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.9 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 60.1–69.1 of 117

Score 4 · Moderate

Waihopai Valley Road · near Wairau Valley

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.1 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~5 tight corners
km 22.1–28.2 of 47.4

Score 5 · Moderate

Staircase Road · Badmans Flat → The Forks

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

26.1 km · 26.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~138 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–26.1 of 27.1

Score 10 · High

Awatere Valley Road

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

30.0 km · 25.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~42 tight corners
km 30–60 of 113.4

Score 8 · High

Gordons Road · near Wakefield

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

23.3 km · 23.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~161 tight corners
km 0–23.3 of 23.3

Score 11 · High

Meads Road · Motupiko → Golden Downs

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

16.8 km · 16.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~82 tight corners
km 0–16.8 of 16.8

Score 10 · High

Mead Road · near Brightwater

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

15.6 km · 15.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~63 tight corners
km 0–15.6 of 15.6

Score 10 · High

Cains Road · Korere → Motupiko

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

15.1 km · 15.1 twisty km · best km 13 · ~114 tight corners
km 0–15.1 of 15.1

Score 11 · High

Ridge Road · Motupiko → Kikiwa

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

19.5 km · 14.5 twisty km · best km 10 · ~20 tight corners
km 4.1–23.6 of 23.6

Score 8 · High

Black Birch Observatory Road · near Willow Flat

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

13.1 km · 13.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~51 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–13.1 of 13.1

Score 9 · High

Christian Creek Road · Staircase → Kiwi

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 14 · ~130 tight corners
km 0–12 of 12

Score 12 · Extreme

Ricketts Road · Tūī → Kiwi

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

11.7 km · 11.7 twisty km · best km 12 · ~73 tight corners
km 0–11.7 of 11.7

Score 11 · High

Christies Road · Atapo → Kikiwa

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

13.1 km · 11.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~48 tight corners
km 0–13.1 of 13.1

Score 9 · High

Maungatapu Track · Franklin Flat → Nelson

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

10.9 km · 10.9 twisty km · best km 14 · ~123 tight corners
km 0–10.9 of 10.9

Score 12 · Extreme

Tadmor – Glenhope Road · Kākā → Glenhope

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.9 km · 10.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~75 tight corners
km 18–28.9 of 28.9

Score 10 · High

Maungatapu Road · Pelorus Bridge → Franklin Flat

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 8%

10.5 km · 10.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~14 tight corners
km 2–12.5 of 12.5

Score 10 · High

Drummonds Road · Woodstock → Tapawera

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~88 tight corners
km 0–10.3 of 10.3

Score 12 · Extreme

Trig H Road · The Forks → Atapo

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

11.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~51 tight corners
km 0–11 of 11.8

Score 10 · High

Wakamarina Road · Pelorus Bridge → Canvastown

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 50%

11.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~24 tight corners
km 0–11 of 15

Score 9 · High

Anslows Road · near Wakefield

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%
4WD track — check access

9.9 km · 9.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~40 tight corners
km 0–9.9 of 9.9

Score 11 · High

The same roads serve The Forks.

Twisty roads near here

Kikiwa 29 km
Kākā 44 km
Tapawera 46 km
Willow Flat 52 km
Motueka 61 km
Ōkiwi Bay 68 km
Ward 75 km
Murchison 75 km
Rakautara 79 km
Picton 81 km

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