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The best twisty roads around Monterey

28 twisty stretches · 187 km of twisty road within reach of Monterey — 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 Monterey, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Robinson Canyon Road · Rancho Tierra Grande → Carmel Valley with 14.7 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

28
Stretches within 60 km
187 km
Twisty kilometres
408
Tight corners
18 / 2
Sealed / unsealed shown
Robinson Canyon Road · Rancho Tierra Grande → Carmel Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 98%

14.7 km · 14.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~57 tight corners
km 0–14.7 of 14.7

Score 10 · High

Eureka Canyon Road · Four Corners → Corralitos

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~16 tight corners
km 0–13 of 14.3

Score 9 · High

East Carmel Valley Road (CR G16) · Jamesburg → Fritch Ranch

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~6 tight corners
km 27–37 of 73.7

Score 9 · High

Cabrillo Highway · Posts → Eleanor Vernon Hamilton Grove

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 49–61.1 of 213.9

Score 8 · High

Highland Way · Four Corners → Highland

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~8 tight corners
km 0–10 of 12.3

Score 10 · High

Hecker Pass Road / Hecker Pass Highway (CA 152) · Watsonville → Gilroy

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 8–18 of 30.9

Score 8 · High

Mountain Charlie Road · Scotts Valley → Redwood Estates

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.4 km · 8.4 twisty km · best km 13 · ~50 tight corners
km 0–8.4 of 8.4

Score 12 · Extreme

Glenwood Drive · Summit → Scotts Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 92%

10.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–10 of 11.3

Score 9 · High

Smith Grade · Bonny Doon → Santa Cruz

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.4 km · 7.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 1–8.4 of 8.4

Score 9 · High

East Carmel Valley Road (CR G16) · near Carmel Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 5–15 of 73.7

Score 8 · High

17 Mile Drive · near Monterey

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~4 tight corners
km 5–11 of 15.1

Score 8 · High

Alba Road · Boulder Creek → Ben Lomond

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–6 of 6

Score 9 · High

Elkhorn Road · Prunedale → Elkhorn

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 1–6 of 11.2

Score 8 · High

CA 9 · near Santa Cruz

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 3–8 of 61.4

Score 9 · High

Felton Empire Road · Felton → Bonny Doon

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 1–6 of 6

Score 10 · High

Palo Colorado Road · Bottchers Recreation Site → Bixby Landing

Paved twisty
Paved 97%

4.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–4 of 6.3

Score 10 · High

Vine Hill Road · near Scotts Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~17 tight corners
km 0–3 of 3.8

Score 11 · High

Ice Cream Grade · near Bonny Doon

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–3 of 4.2

Score 10 · High

Soquel San Jose Road · Capitola → Summit

Flowing
Paved 100%

14.7 km · 4.7 twisty km · best km 8
km 3–17.7 of 17.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Cabrillo Highway · Bixby Landing → Cooper Ranch

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 24–33 of 213.9

Score 7 · Moderate

Empire Grade · Boulder Creek → Santa Cruz

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 7–19 of 26.8

Score 6 · Moderate

San Juan Grade Road · San Juan Bautista → Prunedale

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–7 of 14.7

Score 7 · Moderate

Buena Vista Drive · near Watsonville

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.5 km · 2.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–7.5 of 7.5

Score 6 · Moderate

Highway 9 (CA 9) · Ben Lomond → Boulder Creek

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.1 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 13–20.1 of 61.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Pacific Grove-Carmel Highway (CA 68) · near Monterey

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.8 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~2 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–6.8 of 6.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Pine Flat Road · Boulder Creek → Bonny Doon

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–6 of 6

Score 6 · Moderate

Tassajara Road (FR 18S02) · Jamesburg → Tassajara Hot Springs

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

17.3 km · 17.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~97 tight corners
km 0–17.3 of 17.3

Score 11 · High

Aptos Creek Fire Road · Spanish Ranch → Capitola

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

14.2 km · 14.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~86 tight corners
km 0–14.2 of 14.2

Score 12 · Extreme

Twisty roads near here

Rancho Tierra Grande 14 km
Carmel Valley 26 km
Elkhorn 33 km
Prunedale 33 km
Schmidt Ranch 68 km
Pine Canyon 74 km
Lucia 78 km
Cupertino 78 km
Antelope Fire Control Station 80 km
Fort Hunter Liggett Cantonment 90 km

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