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The best twisty roads around Nielson Place

71 twisty stretches · 1,308 km of twisty road within reach of Nielson Place — 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 Nielson Place, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Zenia Lake Mountain Road (CR 503) · Zenia → Nielson Place with 35.9 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

71
Stretches within 60 km
1,309 km
Twisty kilometres
1,264
Tight corners
15 / 7
Sealed / unsealed shown
Zenia Lake Mountain Road (CR 503) · Zenia → Nielson Place

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

36.9 km · 35.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~93 tight corners
km 0–36.9 of 36.9

Score 9 · High

Alderpoint Road (CR F6B165) · Blocksburg → Harris

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

29.9 km · 26.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~29 tight corners
km 26.1–56 of 74.8

Score 9 · High

Unnamed road · Leggett → Dutchmans Flat

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

21.0 km · 19.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–21 of 72.4

Score 9 · High

Covelo Road (CA 162) · Covelo → Dos Rios

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

20.0 km · 18.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 14–34 of 54.7

Score 8 · High

Alderpoint Road (CR F6B165) · Bridgeville → Blocksburg

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.9 km · 14.8 twisty km · best km 9 · ~9 tight corners
km 5.1–23 of 74.8

Score 8 · High

Alderpoint Road (CR F6B165) · Harris → Garberville

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

15.8 km · 14.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~8 tight corners
km 59–74.8 of 74.8

Score 9 · High

Branscomb Road (429) · Branscomb → Westport

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

15.7 km · 14.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~3 tight corners
km 25–40.8 of 40.8

Score 10 · High

Cold Creek Road (CA 36) · Wildwood → Peanut

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

14.1 km · 14.1 twisty km · best km 10
km 90–104.1 of 218.1

Score 9 · High

Rat Trap Gap Road (NF 35) · Payne → Bramlet Place

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

18.0 km · 14.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~26 tight corners
km 0–18 of 18

Score 8 · High

Platina Road (CR A16) · Beegum → Platina

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.8 km · 13.8 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 48–61.8 of 61.8

Score 10 · High

Mad River Road (FR 27N02) · Red Mountain House → Russ Place

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

15.8 km · 12.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~52 tight corners
km 18.1–33.9 of 33.9

Score 8 · High

Berry Summit-Mad River Road (NF 1) · Skull Camp → Van Duzen

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

14.7 km · 12.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~28 tight corners
km 64–78.7 of 78.7

Score 8 · High

Ruth Zenia Road (CR 502) · Zenia → Ueland Place

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

14.1 km · 12.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~28 tight corners
km 0–14.1 of 36.9

Score 9 · High

Zenia Bluff Road (CR 516) · near Zenia

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~76 tight corners
km 0–10.3 of 10.3

Score 10 · High

Wildwood Road (CR 302) · Peanut → Wildwood

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

11.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~9 tight corners
km 10–21 of 28.3

Score 9 · High

Mad River Road (CR 501) · Van Duzen → Ruth

Flowing
Paved 100%

27.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–27 of 45.3

Score 6 · Moderate

South Fork Mountain Road (NF 4) · Skull Camp → Sids Place

Flowing
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–17 of 17

Score 6 · Moderate

CA 3 · Hayfork → Peanut

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 9
km 218–230.2 of 230.2

Score 7 · Moderate

Mendocino Pass Road (CR 338) · McClure Place → Reeves Place

Flowing
Paved 92%

8.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 0–8 of 12.5

Score 6 · Moderate

CA 36 · near Knob

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 78–84 of 218.1

Score 7 · Moderate

State Route 271 (CA 271) · near Piercy

Flowing
Paved 99%

6.6 km · 1.6 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 5–11.7 of 11.7

Score 5 · Moderate

Redwood Highway · Riverdale → Piercy

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 197–203 of 357.8

Score 6 · Moderate

Mad River Road (CR 501) · Ruth → Yellowjacket Place

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.1 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~5 tight corners
km 30–39.1 of 45.3

Score 5 · Moderate

Paskenta-Eel River Road (NF M2) · Bollinger Place → Paskenta

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 25%

91.0 km · 87.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~132 tight corners
km 0–91 of 92.3

Score 9 · High

Pillsbury-Indian Dick Road (NF M1) · Dewell Garden → McClure Place

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 31%

57.1 km · 51.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~167 tight corners
km 0–57.1 of 119.6

Score 9 · High

Paskenta-Mendocino Pass Road (NF M4) · Houghton Place → Bredehoft Place

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 27%

44.8 km · 44.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~40 tight corners
km 0–44.8 of 44.8

Score 10 · High

Usal Road (CR 431) · Rockport → Whitethorn

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 6%

43.7 km · 43.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~267 tight corners
km 0–43.7 of 43.7

Score 11 · High

Wildwood-Mad River Road (NF 30) · Wildwood → Bramlet Place

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 62%

48.0 km · 43.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~186 tight corners
km 0–48 of 62.5

Score 9 · High

Tedoc Gap Road / Rat Trap Gap Road (NF 45) · Beegum → Shackleford Place

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

42.8 km · 38.7 twisty km · best km 12 · ~55 tight corners
km 0–42.8 of 42.8

Score 9 · High

Bramlet Road (NF 29) · Peanut → Bramlet Place

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

36.3 km · 36.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~20 tight corners
km 0–36.3 of 36.3

Score 9 · High

The same roads serve Bell Springs, Bob Hoaglin Place, Red Mountain House.

Twisty roads near here

Dewell Garden 19 km
Yellowjacket Place 23 km
McClure Place 28 km
Dos Rios 29 km
Bollinger Place 34 km
Harris 35 km
Ueland Place 38 km
Bredehoft Place 38 km
Payne 38 km
O’Neil Place 48 km

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