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The best twisty roads around Prunedale

39 twisty stretches · 257 km of twisty road within reach of Prunedale — 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 Prunedale, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Robinson Canyon Road · Rancho Tierra Grande → Carmel Valley with 14.7 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

39
Stretches within 60 km
257 km
Twisty kilometres
650
Tight corners
18 / 4
Sealed / unsealed shown
Robinson Canyon Road · Rancho Tierra Grande → Carmel Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 98%

14.7 km · 14.7 twisty km · best km 13 · ~57 tight corners
km 0–14.7 of 14.7

Score 10 · High

Eureka Canyon Road · Four Corners → Corralitos

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~16 tight corners
km 0–13 of 14.3

Score 9 · High

Bear Creek Road · Redwood Estates → Boulder Creek

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–12 of 14.9

Score 9 · High

Old Santa Cruz Highway · Summit → Los Gatos

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

11.1 km · 11.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~13 tight corners
km 0–11.1 of 12.5

Score 10 · High

Highland Way · Four Corners → Highland

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~8 tight corners
km 0–10 of 12.3

Score 10 · High

East Carmel Valley Road (CR G16) · Jamesburg → Fritch Ranch

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 10.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~6 tight corners
km 27–37 of 73.7

Score 9 · High

Panoche Road (CR J1) · near Antelope Fire Control Station

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

11.0 km · 9.1 twisty km · best km 10
km 82–93 of 111.2

Score 8 · High

Hecker Pass Road / Hecker Pass Highway (CA 152) · Watsonville → Gilroy

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 8–18 of 30.9

Score 8 · High

Mount Umunhum Road · near Peckham Ranch

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.8 km · 8.8 twisty km · best km 13 · ~27 tight corners
km 0–8.8 of 8.8

Score 11 · High

Mountain Charlie Road · Scotts Valley → Redwood Estates

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

8.4 km · 8.4 twisty km · best km 13 · ~50 tight corners
km 0–8.4 of 8.4

Score 12 · Extreme

Glenwood Drive · Summit → Scotts Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 92%

10.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–10 of 11.3

Score 9 · High

Smith Grade · Bonny Doon → Santa Cruz

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.4 km · 7.4 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 1–8.4 of 8.4

Score 9 · High

Black Road · Saratoga → Los Gatos

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

7.3 km · 7.3 twisty km · best km 12 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–7.3 of 7.3

Score 10 · High

East Carmel Valley Road (CR G16) · near Carmel Valley

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 5–15 of 73.7

Score 8 · High

Alma Bridge Road · Redwood Estates → Los Gatos

Paved twisty
Paved 98%

7.5 km · 6.5 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–7.5 of 7.5

Score 9 · High

17 Mile Drive · near Monterey

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~4 tight corners
km 5–11 of 15.1

Score 8 · High

Alba Road · Boulder Creek → Ben Lomond

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–6 of 6

Score 9 · High

Elkhorn Road · Prunedale → Elkhorn

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 5.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 1–6 of 11.2

Score 8 · High

Soquel San Jose Road · Capitola → Summit

Flowing
Paved 100%

14.7 km · 4.7 twisty km · best km 8
km 3–17.7 of 17.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Empire Grade · Boulder Creek → Santa Cruz

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 7–19 of 26.8

Score 6 · Moderate

Cabrillo Highway · Bixby Landing → Cooper Ranch

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 24–33 of 213.9

Score 7 · Moderate

San Juan Grade Road · San Juan Bautista → Prunedale

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~21 tight corners
km 0–7 of 14.7

Score 7 · Moderate

Gilroy Hot Springs Road · Hunting Hollow → Gilroy

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.6 km · 2.5 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 1.1–8.6 of 8.6

Score 6 · Moderate

Buena Vista Drive · near Watsonville

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.5 km · 2.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–7.5 of 7.5

Score 6 · Moderate

Highway 9 (CA 9) · Ben Lomond → Boulder Creek

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.1 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 13–20.1 of 61.4

Score 6 · Moderate

Pacific Grove-Carmel Highway (CA 68) · near Monterey

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.8 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~2 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–6.8 of 6.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Tassajara Road (FR 18S02) · Jamesburg → Tassajara Hot Springs

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

17.3 km · 17.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~97 tight corners
km 0–17.3 of 17.3

Score 11 · High

Aptos Creek Fire Road · Spanish Ranch → Capitola

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

14.2 km · 14.2 twisty km · best km 13 · ~86 tight corners
km 0–14.2 of 14.2

Score 12 · Extreme

Woods Trail · Peckham Ranch → Los Gatos

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

10.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 14 · ~103 tight corners
km 0–10.3 of 10.3

Score 12 · Extreme

Oak Cove Trail · near New Almaden

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

7.0 km · 7.0 twisty km · best km 15 · ~99 tight corners · 3 hairpins
km 0–7 of 7

Score 14 · Extreme

The same roads serve San Juan Bautista.

Twisty roads near here

Elkhorn 8 km
Rancho Tierra Grande 32 km
Monterey 33 km
Carmel Valley 39 km
Schmidt Ranch 50 km
Antelope Fire Control Station 57 km
Cupertino 67 km
The Arnold Ranch 69 km
Capell Ranch 74 km
Pine Canyon 74 km

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