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The best twisty roads around French Gulch

61 twisty stretches · 846 km of twisty road within reach of French Gulch — 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 French Gulch, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Packers Creek Road (NF 16) · Big Bar → Hayfork with 28.9 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

61
Stretches within 60 km
847 km
Twisty kilometres
729
Tight corners
15 / 7
Sealed / unsealed shown
Packers Creek Road (NF 16) · Big Bar → Hayfork

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

28.9 km · 28.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~47 tight corners
km 0–28.9 of 28.9

Score 10 · High

CA 3 · Douglas City → Hayfork

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

22.0 km · 20.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 177–199 of 230.2

Score 8 · High

South Fork Road (NF 26) · near Seven Lakes Basin

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.8 km · 14.6 twisty km · best km 10 · ~11 tight corners
km 15–32.8 of 32.8

Score 8 · 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

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

Canyon Creek Road (CR 401) · Globe Mill → Junction City

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

17.0 km · 13.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~9 tight corners
km 0–17 of 21.1

Score 8 · High

Trinity Mountain Road (CR 5E09) · Fairview → French Gulch

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–10 of 10

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

Indian Valley Road (NF 10) · Friend Place → Hayfork

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

9.3 km · 9.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 25–34.3 of 34.3

Score 9 · High

Lewiston Turnpike Road (CR 212) · near Lewiston

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.9 km · 7.9 twisty km · best km 14 · ~150 tight corners
km 0–7.9 of 7.9

Score 13 · Extreme

Scott Mountain Road (CA 3) · near Callahan

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~7 tight corners
km 76–84.1 of 230.2

Score 9 · High

Trinity Dam Boulevard (CR 105) · near Fairview

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.9 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 21.1–28 of 40

Score 9 · High

Oregon Street (CR 225) · near Weaverville

Paved twisty
Paved 96%

6.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~10 tight corners
km 0–6.2 of 6.2

Score 10 · High

CA 3 · near Peanut

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 9
km 224–230.2 of 230.2

Score 8 · High

East Side Road (CR 106)

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.1 km · 5.1 twisty km · best km 10
km 34–41.1 of 41.1

Score 8 · High

Trinity Lake Boulevard (CA 3) · Ridgeville → Weaverville

Flowing
Paved 100%

24.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 128–152 of 230.2

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

Hyampom Road (CR 301) · near Hayfork

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.1 km · 3.1 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–9.1 of 12.8

Score 6 · Moderate

Dutch Creek Road (CR 413) · Junction City → Weaverville

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.8 km · 2.8 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–6.8 of 6.8

Score 7 · Moderate

Eureka Way (CA 299) · French Gulch → Lewiston

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 30–39 of 59.1

Score 6 · Moderate

Unnamed road · near Weaverville

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.9 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 141.1–148 of 150.6

Score 5 · 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

Oak Run Road · near Osborne

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–8 of 29.5

Score 6 · Moderate

Fenders Ferry Road · Delta → Point McCloud

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

37.3 km · 37.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~34 tight corners
km 0–37.3 of 37.3

Score 12 · Extreme

Fenders Ferry Road · near Wengler

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

34.0 km · 33.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–34 of 34.8

Score 10 · High

Highland Lakes Road (FR 38N21) · Seven Lakes Basin → Gibson

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 10%

31.5 km · 31.5 twisty km · best km 14 · ~99 tight corners
km 0–31.5 of 31.5

Score 11 · High

Picayune Road (FR 39N18)

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 3%

29.6 km · 29.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~91 tight corners
km 0–29.6 of 29.6

Score 10 · High

Dog Creek Road (CR 8G012) · Delta → Trinity Center

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 16%

28.2 km · 28.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~101 tight corners
km 1–29.2 of 29.2

Score 11 · High

Butter Creek Road (FR 3N08) · Hyampom → Hayfork

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

25.5 km · 25.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~82 tight corners
km 0–25.5 of 25.5

Score 10 · High

Whalen Road (NF 25) · Castella → Seven Lakes Basin

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 60%

25.0 km · 25.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~23 tight corners
km 1–26 of 30.4

Score 9 · High

The same roads serve Iron Mountain.

Twisty roads near here

Lewiston 12 km
Fairview 12 km
Shasta Lake 18 km
Ridgeville 23 km
Trinity Center 26 km
Igo 27 km
Point McCloud 41 km
Ingot 45 km
Hayfork 49 km
Wildwood 51 km

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