← All roads

The best twisty roads around Apache Bowl

23 twisty stretches · 132 km of twisty road within reach of Apache Bowl — 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 Apache Bowl, New Mexico — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Ski Run Road (NM 532) · Apache Bowl → Alto with 15.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

23
Stretches within 60 km
132 km
Twisty kilometres
280
Tight corners
3 / 16
Sealed / unsealed shown
Ski Run Road (NM 532) · Apache Bowl → Alto

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 15.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–17 of 19.2

Score 9 · High

Haynes Canyon Road (FR 0339) · near High Rolls

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–4 of 4.6

Score 9 · High

Karr Canyon Road (FR 63) · near High Rolls

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 3.9 twisty km · best km 9 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–5 of 5

Score 8 · High

US Highway 82 / James Canyon Highway (US 82) · near Cloudcroft

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 302–308 of 330.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Cox Canyon Highway (NM 130) · near Cloudcroft

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.3 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–5.3 of 34.9

Score 6 · Moderate

Gavilan Canyon Road · near Ruidoso

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 0–7 of 10.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Carrizo Canyon Road · near Ruidoso

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 5 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–6 of 10.2

Score 4 · Moderate

FR 0616 · Encinoso → Pine Lodge

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

11.9 km · 11.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~26 tight corners
km 5.1–17 of 17

Score 9 · High

Capitan Gap Road (FR 0056) · Pine Lodge → Encinoso

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

14.5 km · 11.5 twisty km · best km 10 · ~12 tight corners
km 0–14.5 of 14.5

Score 8 · High

Parsons Road (FR 0108) · Nogal → Bonito

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

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~82 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–11.1 of 12

Score 10 · High

Goodsell Road (FR 00201 B) · Chippeway Park → Cloudcroft

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

7.9 km · 7.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–7.9 of 7.9

Score 10 · High

West Mountain Road (FR 0401) · Encinoso → Capitan

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

7.1 km · 7.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~9 tight corners
km 0–7.1 of 7.7

Score 8 · High

Carr Gapp Road · near Hortonville

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

8.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–8 of 13.2

Score 8 · High

East Mesa Trail · near Fort Stanton

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

9.9 km · 6.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~29 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–9.9 of 9.9

Score 8 · High

Big Tank Canyon · near Double Crossing

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

6.5 km · 6.5 twisty km · best km 11 · ~39 tight corners
km 0–6.5 of 6.5

Score 10 · High

Coyote Canyon Road · near Tularosa

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

7.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 9–16 of 19.8

Score 8 · High

Unnamed road · near Capitan

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

5.8 km · 5.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–5.8 of 5.8

Score 11 · High

Benson Ridge Road (FR 0223) · near Marcia

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

5.4 km · 5.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–5.4 of 5.4

Score 9 · High

Elk Canyon Road · near Elk

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

6.4 km · 5.4 twisty km · best km 9 · ~3 tight corners
km 1–7.4 of 7.4

Score 8 · High

FR 0489 · Encinoso → Capitan

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

4.5 km · 4.5 twisty km · best km 14 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–4.5 of 4.5

Score 11 · High

Benson Ridge South Road (FR 5007) · near High Rolls

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

3.8 km · 3.8 twisty km · best km 10 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–3.8 of 3.8

Score 9 · High

FR 00982 E · near Pine Lodge

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

3.6 km · 3.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–3.6 of 3.6

Score 10 · High

FR 09031 D · near Encinoso

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

3.3 km · 3.3 twisty km · best km 14 · ~17 tight corners
km 0–3.3 of 3.3

Score 13 · Extreme

The same roads serve Bonito.

Twisty roads near here

Encinoso 39 km
High Rolls 51 km
Crisp 76 km
Deer Canyon 123 km
Socorro 127 km
Canyon Mill 135 km
Truth or Consequences 139 km
Las Palomas 145 km
Arrey 147 km
Kelly 148 km

All twisty roads in New Mexico · Road geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), scored by NavForge’s map pipeline. “4WD track — check access” means OpenStreetMap does not say whether the track is gated. Get NavForge Premium to route through these roads automatically — fully offline.

Route through these roads with NavForge

Set the Twisty slider and NavForge routes you through the twistiest roads automatically — fully offline.

Get NavForge Premium

Leave a Comment