209 twisty stretches · 1,181 km of twisty road within reach of Highlands — 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 Highlands, North Carolina — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Lake Logan Road / Parkway Road (NC 215) · Burnett Siding → Balsam Grove with 19.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.
209
Stretches within 60 km
1,181 km
Twisty kilometres
636
Tight corners
15 / 7
Sealed / unsealed shown
Lake Logan Road / Parkway Road (NC 215) · Burnett Siding → Balsam Grove
Paved twisty Paved 100%
22.0 km · 19.0 twisty km · best km 10
km 17–39 of 56.4
Score 8 · High
Pisgah Highway (US 276) · Big East Fork → Brevard
Paved twisty Paved 100%
21.0 km · 16.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 32–53 of 62.2
Score 8 · High
Charleys Creek Road · Island Ford → Balsam Grove
Paved twisty Paved 100%
17.2 km · 16.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~22 tight corners
km 0–17.2 of 17.2
Score 9 · High
Buck Creek Road · Highlands → Gneiss
Paved twisty Paved 100%
18.2 km · 14.2 twisty km · best km 10 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–18.2 of 18.2
Score 8 · High
Highlands Road (US 64) · Gneiss → Highlands
Paved twisty Paved 100%
22.0 km · 14.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~3 tight corners
km 11–33 of 148.8
Score 8 · High
Ellijay Road · Mountain Grove → Franklin
Paved twisty Paved 98%
15.7 km · 13.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–15.7 of 15.7
Score 9 · High
Bryson City Road (NC 28) · Shallow Ford → Lauada
Paved twisty Paved 100%
12.4 km · 12.4 twisty km · best km 11 · ~4 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 21–33.4 of 33.4
Score 10 · High
Canada Road (NC 281) · Island Ford → Wolf Mountain
Paved twisty Paved 100%
12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 13–25 of 40.4
Score 9 · High
Wine Springs Whiteoak Road (FS 711) · near Aquone
Paved twisty Paved 100%
11.1 km · 11.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~10 tight corners
km 0–11.1 of 11.1
Score 10 · High
North Norton Road · Erastus → Cashiers
Paved twisty Paved 100%
11.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~9 tight corners
km 0–11.3 of 11.3
Score 9 · High
Wayah Road · Wayah Depot → Aquone
Paved twisty Paved 100%
14.0 km · 9.9 twisty km · best km 12 · ~7 tight corners
km 6–20 of 20
Score 9 · High
Cold Mountain Road · Canaan → Lake Toxaway
Paved twisty Paved 100%
9.2 km · 9.2 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–9.2 of 9.2
Score 10 · High
GA 28 · near Highlands
Paved twisty Paved 100%
11.0 km · 9.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 1–12 of 12.6
Score 9 · High
Walnut Creek Road · Shookville → Gneiss
Paved twisty Paved 100%
9.6 km · 8.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–9.6 of 9.6
Score 9 · High
Heintooga Ridge Road · Balsam Mountain → Maggie Valley