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The best twisty roads around Bates

36 twisty stretches · 156 km of twisty road within reach of Bates — 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 Bates, Arkansas — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Skyline Drive (AR 88) · near Mena with 3.1 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

36
Stretches within 60 km
156 km
Twisty kilometres
428
Tight corners
1 / 28
Sealed / unsealed shown
Skyline Drive (AR 88) · near Mena

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 3.1 twisty km · best km 9
km 18–23 of 28.3

Score 6 · Moderate

Echo Road (AR 252) · Milltown → Dayton

Flowing
Paved 100%

11.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 6–17 of 21.1

Score 4 · Moderate

Poteau Mountain Road · Waldron → Oliver

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

16.1 km · 16.1 twisty km · best km 14 · ~85 tight corners · 3 hairpins
km 0–16.1 of 16.1

Score 11 · High

Ridge Road · Oliver → Bates

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.2 km · 9.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~24 tight corners
km 1–11.2 of 11.2

Score 10 · High

Roadrunner Trail · near Tate

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

7.9 km · 7.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~13 tight corners
km 0–7.9 of 7.9

Score 11 · High

Wolf Pen Gap Trail 6 · near Shady

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

7.4 km · 7.4 twisty km · best km 11 · ~55 tight corners
km 0–7.4 of 7.4

Score 10 · High

Polk Road 78 · Potter Junction → Mena

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

7.6 km · 6.6 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 1–8.6 of 8.6

Score 7 · Moderate

Tate Road · Elm Park → Tate

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.0 km · 6.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–10 of 12

Score 8 · High

Walker Mountain Road · Gipson → Weeks

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~16 tight corners
km 0–6 of 8.7

Score 10 · High

Jones Creek Road · near Brawley

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~3 tight corners
km 6–12 of 12.8

Score 8 · High

Wolf Pen Gap Trail 6 – East · Shady → Big Fork

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

5.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~50 tight corners
km 0–5.2 of 5.2

Score 11 · High

Polk Road 61 · Big Fork → Board Camp

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 6–16 of 17.7

Score 7 · Moderate

Briscoe Falls Road · Union Hill → Blue Ball

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

6.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 2–8 of 9.1

Score 8 · High

Wolf Pen Gap Trail 3 – 313 · Nunley → Shady

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

4.6 km · 4.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~58 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–4.6 of 4.6

Score 11 · High

Skyline Drive · near Fogel

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

4.4 km · 4.4 twisty km · best km 8 · ~8 tight corners
km 0–4.4 of 4.4

Score 8 · High

Lower Haw Creek Road · Puryear → Black Fork

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

4.1 km · 4.1 twisty km · best km 8 · ~3 tight corners
km 8.1–12.1 of 12.1

Score 7 · Moderate

Thornhill Road · Evening Shade → Hon

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

4.1 km · 4.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~7 tight corners
km 0–4.1 of 4.1

Score 10 · High

Cold Spring Road · Cardiff → Olio

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

4.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~7 tight corners
km 0–4 of 9.5

Score 9 · High

Polk Road 34 (CR 34) · near Lone Valley

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

5.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–5 of 11.3

Score 7 · Moderate

Wolf Pen Gap Trail 8 – East (NARROW TRACK) · near Shady

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

3.6 km · 3.6 twisty km · best km 14 · ~47 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–3.6 of 3.6

Score 12 · Extreme

Strip Pit Road · Coaldale → Bates

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

5.5 km · 3.5 twisty km · best km 9 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–5.5 of 5.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Poteau Mountain Road · near Coaldale

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.4 km · 3.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~14 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–3.4 of 3.4

Score 10 · High

Polk County County Road 151 (CR 151) · near West Valley

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.3 km · 3.3 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–3.3 of 3.3

Score 8 · High

Sugarloaf Mountain Road · near Midland

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.2 km · 3.2 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 4–7.2 of 7.2

Score 9 · High

Bates Loop · near Bates

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.1 km · 3.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–3.1 of 3.1

Score 10 · High

Wolf Pen Gap Trail 3 – 495 · near Nunley

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

3.1 km · 3.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~12 tight corners
km 0–3.1 of 3.1

Score 9 · High

North Sugarloaf Mtn Rd-Strozier Lane · Midland → Hartford

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–3 of 6.2

Score 8 · High

Polk County Road 100 · Fogel → Mountain Fork

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–3 of 5.2

Score 8 · High

Bear Creek Road (758) · Needmore → Waldron

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 3–6 of 6.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Broadway Street · Mansfield → Abbott

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.6 km · 2.5 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners
km 2–5.6 of 5.6

Score 6 · Moderate

The same roads serve Abbott, Brawley, Coaldale, Dayton, Denton, Elm Park, Evening Shade, Gipson.

Twisty roads near here

Waldron 27 km
Tate 38 km
Nunley 50 km
Forester 59 km
Blue Ball 64 km
Wickes 67 km
Chula 74 km
Albert 75 km
Corley 76 km
Havana 81 km

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