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The best twisty roads around Murchison

25 twisty stretches · 212 km of twisty road within reach of Murchison — 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 Murchison, New Zealand — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Karamea Highway (67) · Little Wanganui / Whanganui → Seddonville with 19.1 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

25
Stretches within 60 km
213 km
Twisty kilometres
1,078
Tight corners
4 / 15
Sealed / unsealed shown
Karamea Highway (67) · Little Wanganui / Whanganui → Seddonville

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

21.0 km · 19.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~13 tight corners
km 29–50 of 51.8

Score 9 · High

Denniston Road · Waimangaroa → Denniston

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~8 tight corners
km 0–8 of 8

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

Upper Buller Gorge Road (SH 6) · Manuka Flat → New Creek

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 117–125 of 271.2

Score 7 · Moderate

Upper Buller Gorge Road (SH 6) · Manuka Flat → Lyell

Flowing
Paved 100%

14.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 114–128 of 271.2

Score 6 · Moderate

Brown Creek Road · Inangahua Landing → Inangahua Junction

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.4 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–9.4 of 9.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Lower Buller Gorge Road (SH 6) · near Tiroroa

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 162–167 of 271.2

Score 6 · Moderate

Mangles Valley Road · near Murchison

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.2 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 8–13.2 of 13.2

Score 5 · Moderate

Upper Buller Gorge Road (SH 6) · Murchison → Newton Flat

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~1 tight corners
km 98–107 of 271.2

Score 4 · Moderate

State Highway 7 (SH 7) · near Reefton

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.7 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~1 tight corners
km 42.3–48 of 238.7

Score 5 · Moderate

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

Unnamed road · Coal Flat → New Creek

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

15.5 km · 15.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~69 tight corners
km 0–15.5 of 15.5

Score 11 · 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

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

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

Maruia Saddle Road · Burnbrae → Horse Terrace

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

11.8 km · 10.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~112 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1.2–13 of 13

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

Phillips Road · near Tapawera

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

8.8 km · 8.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~50 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–9.9 of 9.9

Score 11 · High

Shirtcliffs Boundary Road · Tūī → Motupiko

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

8.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~41 tight corners
km 0–8 of 8

Score 10 · High

Kotuas Road · Kikiwa → Golden Downs

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

7.9 km · 7.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~49 tight corners
km 1–9 of 9

Score 11 · High

Trig R Road · near Matariki

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

7.8 km · 7.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~67 tight corners
km 0–7.8 of 7.8

Score 11 · High

Douglas Road · Motupiko → Golden Downs

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

6.5 km · 6.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~67 tight corners
km 0–6.5 of 6.5

Score 12 · Extreme

The same roads serve Horse Terrace, Little Wanganui / Whanganui, New Creek, Newton Flat, Seddonville.

Twisty roads near here

Manuka Flat 20 km
Burnbrae 29 km
Kākā 40 km
Kikiwa 47 km
Reefton 55 km
Tapawera 61 km
Springs Junction 62 km
Caldervale 73 km
Boyle Village 73 km
Badmans Flat 75 km

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