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The best twisty roads around Hermit Lakes

52 twisty stretches · 509 km of twisty road within reach of Hermit Lakes — 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 Hermit Lakes, Colorado — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Million Dollar Highway · near Ouray with 7.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

52
Stretches within 60 km
510 km
Twisty kilometres
1,393
Tight corners
6 / 18
Sealed / unsealed shown
Million Dollar Highway · near Ouray

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 61–70 of 97

Score 8 · High

Million Dollar Highway · Ironton → Telluride

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 6.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~4 tight corners
km 75–85 of 97

Score 8 · High

Cinnamon Pass Road (CR 30) · near Lake City

Paved twisty
Paved 94%

7.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–7 of 35.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Silver Thread Scenic Byway (CO 149) · near Lake City

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 10
km 81–88 of 188

Score 7 · Moderate

Mountain Village Boulevard · Telluride → Mountain Village

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.3 km · 4.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~4 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–4.3 of 4.3

Score 8 · High

Bakers Bridge (CR 250) · Hermosa → Rockwood

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.3 km · 2.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~3 tight corners
km 18.4–21.7 of 21.7

Score 8 · High

Silver Thread Scenic Byway (CO 149) · Lake City → Jarosa Mesa

Flowing
Paved 100%

19.0 km · 6.8 twisty km · best km 10
km 81–100.1 of 188

Score 6 · Moderate

Unnamed road

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 1.9 twisty km · best km 7
km 109–116 of 145.7

Score 5 · Moderate

North Pagosa Boulevard · near Pagosa Springs

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.1 km · 1.1 twisty km · best km 7 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–7.1 of 11.5

Score 5 · Moderate

Gunnison Avenue / Silver Thread Scenic Byway (CO 149) · near Lake City

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 71–78.1 of 188

Score 5 · Moderate

US 550 · Cascade → Silverton

Flowing
Paved 100%

16.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners
km 47–63 of 77.9

Score 5 · Moderate

CO 145 · Mountain Village → Ophir

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 8–14 of 114

Score 5 · Moderate

Engineer Pass Road (CR 20) · Lake City → American Flats

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

28.1 km · 25.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~24 tight corners
km 1–29.2 of 29.2

Score 8 · High

Owl Creek-Cimarron Road (CR 8) · near Ridgway

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

28.4 km · 24.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~136 tight corners
km 1–29.4 of 29.4

Score 9 · High

Missionary Ridge Road (CR 253) · Hermosa → Tacoma

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.2 km · 24.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~51 tight corners
km 0–25.2 of 25.2

Score 9 · High

Hermosa Park Road (CR 39) · near Rico

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

22.1 km · 22.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~134 tight corners · 4 hairpins
km 4–26.1 of 39.8

Score 10 · High

Last Dollar Road (CR T60) · Noel → Mountain Village

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 10%
4WD track — check access

24.1 km · 22.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~75 tight corners
km 0–24.1 of 24.8

Score 8 · High

Wheeler Road (FR 600) · near Wagon Wheel Gap

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

17.0 km · 17.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~117 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–17 of 38

Score 9 · High

La Garita Stock Driveway (FR 547) · near Jarosa Mesa

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

17.0 km · 16.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~71 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–17 of 17

Score 9 · High

Middle Mountain Road (CR 501G)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

18.8 km · 15.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~107 tight corners
km 0–18.8 of 18.8

Score 9 · High

Stoney Pass Road (CR 3) · near Howardsville

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

16.4 km · 15.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~71 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–16.4 of 16.4

Score 9 · High

Piedra Road (FR 631)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

16.3 km · 14.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~71 tight corners
km 0–16.3 of 29.7

Score 8 · High

CR 597

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

13.8 km · 13.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~134 tight corners
km 0–13.8 of 13.8

Score 11 · High

Relay Creek Road (CR 38) · Rico → Cascade

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

14.6 km · 13.6 twisty km · best km 10 · ~67 tight corners
km 1.1–15.7 of 15.7

Score 8 · High

Rio Grande Reservoir Road (CR 18) · near Hermit Lakes

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

13.9 km · 13.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~69 tight corners
km 27.1–41 of 41

Score 9 · High

Cinnamon Pass Road (CR 30) · Sherman → Horseshoe Basin

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

15.4 km · 12.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~43 tight corners
km 20–35.4 of 35.4

Score 9 · High

Road Beaver Road (BLM 3052) · Smith Place → Powderhorn

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

12.4 km · 12.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~44 tight corners
km 0–12.4 of 12.4

Score 9 · High

Piedra Road (FR 593)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

11.7 km · 11.7 twisty km · best km 10 · ~51 tight corners
km 1.1–12.7 of 12.7

Score 9 · High

Plumtaw Road (FR 634)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

11.6 km · 11.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~39 tight corners
km 0–11.6 of 11.6

Score 9 · High

Black Bear Road / Lower Bridal Veil Road (CR K69) · near Telluride

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

11.2 km · 11.2 twisty km · best km 14 · ~66 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–11.2 of 11.2

Score 12 · Extreme

The same roads serve Spar City.

Twisty roads near here

Lake City 25 km
Creede 39 km
Tacoma 42 km
Ophir 44 km
Smith Place 53 km
Rico 55 km
Pagosa Springs 58 km
Noel 62 km
Lucky Seven Summer Homes 62 km
Durango 64 km

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