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The best twisty roads around Carmel Valley

17 twisty stretches · 140 km of twisty road within reach of Carmel Valley — 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 Carmel Valley, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Nacimiento-Fergusson Road (22S01) · Fort Hunter Liggett Cantonment → Lucia with 24.1 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

17
Stretches within 60 km
140 km
Twisty kilometres
429
Tight corners
8 / 3
Sealed / unsealed shown
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road (22S01) · Fort Hunter Liggett Cantonment → Lucia

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

26.0 km · 24.1 twisty km · best km 13 · ~39 tight corners
km 6–32.1 of 32.1

Score 11 · High

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Airline Highway (CA 25) · Schmidt Ranch → San Benito

Flowing
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 46–56 of 106.1

Score 5 · Moderate

Cabrillo Highway · Slates Hot Springs → Whale Point

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 70–75 of 213.9

Score 5 · Moderate

Reliz Canyon Road · Pine Canyon → Avila Ranch

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

20.4 km · 19.3 twisty km · best km 12 · ~134 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–20.4 of 20.4

Score 10 · High

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

South Coast Ridge Road (FR 20S05) · Plaskett → Lucia

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

11.3 km · 11.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~53 tight corners
km 0–11.3 of 11.3

Score 11 · High

The same roads serve Bixby Landing, Bottchers Recreation Site, Cooper Ranch, Eleanor Vernon Hamilton Grove, Fritch Ranch, Jamesburg, Posts, Slates Hot Springs.

Twisty roads near here

Rancho Tierra Grande 12 km
Monterey 26 km
Prunedale 39 km
Elkhorn 44 km
Pine Canyon 48 km
Schmidt Ranch 49 km
Lucia 54 km
Antelope Fire Control Station 63 km
Fort Hunter Liggett Cantonment 64 km
Peachtree Valley 83 km

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