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The best twisty roads around Smiths Ferry

74 twisty stretches · 1,077 km of twisty road within reach of Smiths Ferry — 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 Smiths Ferry, Idaho — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · near Lowman with 16.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

74
Stretches within 60 km
1,077 km
Twisty kilometres
1,929
Tight corners
10 / 16
Sealed / unsealed shown
Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · near Lowman

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

18.0 km · 16.0 twisty km · best km 10
km 94–112 of 202.7

Score 8 · High

Warm Lake Road

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

14.0 km · 10.1 twisty km · best km 9
km 20–34 of 55.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · near Tenmile Summer Home Area

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 124–134 of 202.7

Score 8 · High

National Forest Development Road 614 · near Smiths Ferry

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.6 km · 5.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~24 tight corners
km 0–5.6 of 5.6

Score 10 · High

Banks Lowman Road · near Lowman

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 9–15 of 53.5

Score 7 · Moderate

Warm Lake Road · near Warm Lake

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~4 tight corners
km 46–51 of 55.5

Score 9 · High

Centerville Road · near Placerville

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–6 of 18.9

Score 7 · Moderate

Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · Kirkham Hot Springs → Lowman

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 84–91 of 202.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Old Freezeout Road · near Emmett

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.2 km · 3.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–3.2 of 3.2

Score 11 · High

ID 55 · near Smiths Ferry

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 99–103 of 178.1

Score 6 · Moderate

Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · Banner → Tenmile Summer Home Area

Flowing
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 117–134 of 202.7

Score 7 · Moderate

Banks Lowman Road · Lowman → Grimes Pass

Flowing
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 1.1–18 of 53.5

Score 6 · Moderate

ID 55 · Smiths Ferry → Big Eddy

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 99–104.1 of 178.1

Score 6 · Moderate

Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route (ID 21) · near Idaho City

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 138–143 of 202.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Harris Creek Summit Road (FS 374) · near Banks

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

49.0 km · 49.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~198 tight corners
km 0–49 of 49

Score 10 · High

Deadwood Road – National Forest Development Road 555 (FS 555)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

45.0 km · 44.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~44 tight corners
km 15–60 of 60

Score 9 · High

National Forest Development 653 Road · near Gross

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

28.7 km · 27.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~101 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–28.7 of 28.7

Score 10 · High

Warm Springs Point (FS 311) · Robie Creek → Idaho City

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

26.5 km · 26.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~336 tight corners
km 0–26.5 of 26.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Summit Flat Road (FS 380) · Pioneerville → Tenmile Summer Home Area

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

30.4 km · 26.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~57 tight corners
km 0–30.4 of 30.4

Score 9 · High

Rock Creek Road (FS 594) · near Lowman

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.5 km · 25.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~175 tight corners
km 0–25.5 of 25.5

Score 11 · High

North Gold Fork Loop Road

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.2 km · 25.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~126 tight corners
km 0–25.2 of 25.2

Score 11 · High

Eagle Nest-Gold Fork River Road · near Cascade

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.1 km · 25.1 twisty km · best km 13 · ~115 tight corners
km 0–25.1 of 25.1

Score 11 · High

Harris Creek Road · Placerville → Horseshoe Bend

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 23%

28.1 km · 25.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~28 tight corners
km 0–28.1 of 28.7

Score 8 · High

Bear Run Road (FS 314) · Tenmile Summer Home Area → Idaho City

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.9 km · 24.9 twisty km · best km 14 · ~178 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–25.9 of 25.9

Score 11 · High

National Forest Development Road 186 · Council → Donnelly

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

30.8 km · 24.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~16 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–30.8 of 30.8

Score 8 · High

West Fork Creek Road/FS Road 418 (FS 418) · near Alpha

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

24.0 km · 24.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~164 tight corners
km 0–24 of 24

Score 12 · Extreme

Long Creek Road · near Long Creek Summit Home

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

24.4 km · 23.4 twisty km · best km 14 · ~192 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–24.4 of 24.4

Score 11 · High

National Forest Development Road 417 · near Alpha

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

23.3 km · 23.3 twisty km · best km 12 · ~68 tight corners
km 0–23.3 of 23.3

Score 10 · High

Clear Creek Road (FS 409)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

23.1 km · 22.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~20 tight corners
km 23–46.1 of 46.1

Score 9 · High

National Forest Development 625 Road

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

22.9 km · 21.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~79 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–22.9 of 22.9

Score 10 · High

The same roads serve Alpha.

Twisty roads near here

Gross 15 km
Cascade 30 km
Mesa 42 km
Lowman 45 km
Warm Lake 51 km
Council 53 km
Idaho City 58 km
Emmett 58 km
Lake Fork 64 km
McCall 73 km

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