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The best twisty roads around Picton

44 twisty stretches · 530 km of twisty road within reach of Picton — 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 Picton, New Zealand — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Queen Charlotte Drive · Anakiwa → Picton with 15.7 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

44
Stretches within 60 km
530 km
Twisty kilometres
1,550
Tight corners
14 / 13
Sealed / unsealed shown
Queen Charlotte Drive · Anakiwa → Picton

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

15.7 km · 15.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~10 tight corners
km 17–32.7 of 32.7

Score 11 · High

Tennyson Inlet Road · Ōkiwi Bay → Duncan Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.4 km · 10.4 twisty km · best km 13 · ~54 tight corners
km 0–10.4 of 10.4

Score 12 · Extreme

Makara Road · Wellington → Mākara Beach

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.9 km · 9.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~14 tight corners
km 0–10.9 of 10.9

Score 10 · High

Croisilles Road · near Ōkiwi Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.3 km · 8.3 twisty km · best km 12 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–8.3 of 8.3

Score 11 · High

Whangamoa Road (SH 6) · near Hira

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners
km 75–83 of 98.3

Score 10 · High

Takarau Gorge Road · near Wellington

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.7 km · 7.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–7.7 of 7.7

Score 9 · High

Moetapu Bay Road · Havelock → Anakiwa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~19 tight corners
km 0–7 of 7

Score 12 · Extreme

Archers Road · Duncan Bay → Penzance Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.5 km · 6.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–6.5 of 6.5

Score 11 · High

Queen Charlotte Drive · near Havelock

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 12
km 1–7 of 32.7

Score 11 · High

South Makara Road · near Wellington

Paved twisty
Paved 98%

5.8 km · 5.8 twisty km · best km 10 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–5.8 of 5.8

Score 9 · High

Isolation Spur · near Nelson

Paved twisty
Paved 100%
4WD track — check access

4.8 km · 4.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~40 tight corners · 2 hairpins
km 0–4.8 of 4.8

Score 11 · High

Chings Highway · near Nelson

Paved twisty
Paved 100%
4WD track — check access

4.8 km · 4.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~64 tight corners · 4 hairpins
km 0–4.8 of 4.8

Score 12 · Extreme

Ronga Road · near Ōkiwi Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.1 km · 4.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~20 tight corners
km 0–4.1 of 13.1

Score 11 · High

Cable Bay Road · Hira → Glenduan

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 10
km 3–8 of 8.6

Score 9 · High

Onamalutu Road · Kaituna → Renwick

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.2 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~3 tight corners
km 1.1–9.3 of 9.3

Score 7 · Moderate

Collins Valley Road / State Highway 6 (SH 6) · near Rai Valley

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.9 km · 2.9 twisty km · best km 9
km 56.1–64 of 98.3

Score 6 · Moderate

Waihopai Valley Road · near Wairau Valley

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.1 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~5 tight corners
km 22.1–28.2 of 47.4

Score 5 · Moderate

Kenepuru Road · Linkwater → Nōpera

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 71%

70.2 km · 70.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~118 tight corners
km 1–71.2 of 71.2

Score 11 · High

Port Underwood Road · Picton → Rārangi

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 55%

40.2 km · 40.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~114 tight corners
km 0–40.2 of 40.2

Score 12 · Extreme

Croisilles French Pass Road · French Pass / Anaru → Ōkiwi Bay

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 43%

38.4 km · 38.4 twisty km · best km 12 · ~75 tight corners
km 0–38.4 of 38.4

Score 10 · High

Titirangi Road · Punga Cove → Waitui

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

23.2 km · 22.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~44 tight corners
km 2.1–25.3 of 25.3

Score 10 · High

Te Towaka-Port Ligar Road · Bulwer → French Pass / Anaru

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

21.5 km · 21.5 twisty km · best km 14 · ~67 tight corners
km 0–21.5 of 21.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Kaiuma Bay Road · Havelock → Canvastown

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 2%

23.0 km · 21.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~38 tight corners
km 1–24 of 26.7

Score 9 · High

Tumbledown Bay Road · Picton → Onapua Bay

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

18.5 km · 18.5 twisty km · best km 13 · ~200 tight corners
km 0–18.5 of 18.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Clova Bay Road · Piripāua → Manaroa

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

16.4 km · 16.4 twisty km · best km 13 · ~167 tight corners · 7 hairpins
km 0–16.4 of 16.4

Score 11 · High

Bill Bryants Road · Ōkiwi Bay → Elaine Bay

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 20%

14.5 km · 13.5 twisty km · best km 14 · ~136 tight corners
km 0–14.5 of 14.5

Score 12 · Extreme

Black Birch Observatory Road · near Willow Flat

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

13.1 km · 13.1 twisty km · best km 10 · ~51 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–13.1 of 13.1

Score 9 · High

Hori Bay Road · Ōkiwi Bay → Rai Valley

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 13 · ~104 tight corners · 6 hairpins
km 0–12 of 13.1

Score 11 · High

Maungatapu Track · Franklin Flat → Nelson

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

10.9 km · 10.9 twisty km · best km 14 · ~123 tight corners
km 0–10.9 of 10.9

Score 12 · Extreme

Port Hardy Road · near Whareata

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

11.8 km · 10.8 twisty km · best km 11 · ~42 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–11.8 of 11.8

Score 10 · High

The same roads serve Manaroa, Onapua Bay, Punga Cove, Rārangi, Waitui.

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Ōkiwi Bay 40 km
Whareata 54 km
Willow Flat 56 km
Ward 62 km
Badmans Flat 81 km
Upper Hutt 84 km
Motueka 95 km
Tapawera 106 km
Rakautara 106 km
Kikiwa 107 km

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