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The best twisty roads around San Diego

30 twisty stretches · 144 km of twisty road within reach of San Diego — 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 San Diego, California — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Engineers Road (FR 13S03) · Nokwih → Julian with 9.4 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

30
Stretches within 60 km
144 km
Twisty kilometres
429
Tight corners
6 / 4
Sealed / unsealed shown
Engineers Road (FR 13S03) · Nokwih → Julian

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

9.4 km · 9.4 twisty km · best km 11 · ~25 tight corners
km 0–9.4 of 9.4

Score 10 · High

Lyons Valley Road · Lyons Valley → Jamul

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 15–25 of 28.9

Score 8 · High

Highland Valley Road · Poway → Escondido

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

11.1 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~2 tight corners
km 7–18.1 of 21.7

Score 8 · High

Corral Canyon Road (FR 17S04) · near Lake Morena Village

Paved twisty
Paved 100%
4WD track — check access

6.9 km · 5.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~36 tight corners
km 0–6.9 of 6.9

Score 10 · High

Lake Miramar Access Road · near Poway

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.6 km · 5.6 twisty km · best km 11 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–5.6 of 5.6

Score 10 · High

University Avenue · Lemon Grove → San Diego

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~14 tight corners
km 0–5 of 6.6

Score 8 · High

El Monte Road · Alpine → Blossom Valley

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~11 tight corners
km 0–9 of 12.5

Score 6 · Moderate

Lake Wohlford Road · Lake Wohlford → Escondido

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.2 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~4 tight corners
km 1–7.2 of 7.2

Score 7 · Moderate

State Route 94 / Campo Road · near Tecate

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.1 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 9
km 39–46.1 of 85.3

Score 7 · Moderate

Camino del Rey · Bonsall → Pumual

Flowing
Paved 100%

7.0 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–7 of 8

Score 5 · Moderate

Bernardo Heights Parkway · near 4S Ranch

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.8 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~4 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–5.8 of 5.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Julian Road · Ramona → San Diego Country Estates

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 37–43 of 203.6

Score 6 · Moderate

Arnold Way · near Alpine

Flowing
Paved 99%

5.7 km · 1.6 twisty km · best km 7
km 0–5.7 of 5.7

Score 6 · Moderate

Mesa Drive · Vista → Oceanside

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.4 km · 1.4 twisty km · best km 7 · ~4 tight corners
km 2–8.4 of 8.4

Score 5 · Moderate

Scripps Ranch Boulevard · near Poway

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~3 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–9 of 10.4

Score 5 · Moderate

Stonebridge Parkway · near Poway

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–6 of 6

Score 5 · Moderate

Encinitas Boulevard (CR S9) · Encinitas → Rancho Santa Fe

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~6 tight corners
km 0–9 of 10.5

Score 5 · Moderate

East Washington Avenue / Lincoln Parkway · near Escondido

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~3 tight corners
km 0–5 of 203.6

Score 5 · Moderate

Faraday Avenue · near Carlsbad

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–5 of 5

Score 6 · Moderate

Mussey Grade Road · Rosemont → Boulder Oaks

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.9 km · 0.9 twisty km · best km 7
km 2–7.9 of 7.9

Score 5 · Moderate

College Avenue · La Mesa → Lemon Grove

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.1 km · 0.8 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–5.1 of 7

Score 5 · Moderate

El Camino Real · near Solana Beach

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.3 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–5.3 of 5.3

Score 5 · Moderate

West Bernardo Drive · Escondido → 4S Ranch

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.0 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 5 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–5 of 6.4

Score 3 · Moderate

El Camino del Norte · Rancho Santa Fe → Encinitas

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.1 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 0–5.1 of 5.9

Score 5 · Moderate

Carlsbad Village Drive · near Carlsbad

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.5 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 1–6.5 of 6.5

Score 5 · Moderate

Mission Avenue · near Oceanside

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.4 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6 · ~2 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–6.4 of 6.4

Score 4 · Moderate

Boulder Creek Road (FR 13S08) · Descanso → Julian

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 35%

32.3 km · 31.3 twisty km · best km 12 · ~83 tight corners
km 2–34.3 of 34.3

Score 10 · High

Otay Mountain Truck Trail · Engineer Springs → East Otay Mesa

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

20.1 km · 20.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~86 tight corners
km 0–20.1 of 20.1

Score 10 · High

Black Canyon Road (FR 11S01) · Mesa Grande → Ramona

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 1%

16.8 km · 16.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~45 tight corners
km 0–16.8 of 16.8

Score 11 · High

Middle Peak Loop Fire Road · Jual-cu-cuilsh → Ekwiamak

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

8.4 km · 8.4 twisty km · best km 15 · ~84 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–8.4 of 8.4

Score 13 · Extreme

The same roads serve East Otay Mesa.

Twisty roads near here

Lemon Grove 7 km
Rancho Santa Fe 32 km
Carlsbad 47 km
Canyon City 60 km
Julian 62 km
Palomar Mountain 69 km
Pala 69 km
Tenaja 87 km
Canebrake 91 km
El Cariso Village 103 km

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