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The best twisty roads around Tapawera

49 twisty stretches · 444 km of twisty road within reach of Tapawera — 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 Tapawera, New Zealand — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Tākaka Hill Highway (SH 60) · Riwaka → Upper Tākaka with 22.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

49
Stretches within 60 km
444 km
Twisty kilometres
1,433
Tight corners
9 / 15
Sealed / unsealed shown
Tākaka Hill Highway (SH 60) · Riwaka → Upper Tākaka

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

24.0 km · 22.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~7 tight corners
km 11–35 of 84

Score 10 · 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

Kaiteriteri – Sandy Bay Road · Mārahau → Kaiteriteri

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.1 km · 6.1 twisty km · best km 13 · ~7 tight corners
km 0–6.1 of 6.1

Score 12 · Extreme

Kerr Hill Road · near Kikiwa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 9 · ~5 tight corners
km 0–5.2 of 15.8

Score 8 · High

Riwaka – Sandy Bay Road · Kaiteriteri → Riwaka

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.2 km · 5.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~1 tight corners
km 2–7.2 of 7.2

Score 10 · 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

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

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

Riwaka – Kaiteriteri Road · Riwaka → Kaiteriteri

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.3 km · 3.3 twisty km · best km 11 · ~1 tight corners
km 2–5.3 of 5.3

Score 11 · High

Waiwhero Road · Ngātīmoti → Motueka

Flowing
Paved 96%

9.0 km · 2.0 twisty km · best km 7 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–9 of 10.2

Score 5 · Moderate

Dovedale Road · Dovedale → Woodstock

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.7 km · 1.9 twisty km · best km 7
km 10–19.8 of 19.8

Score 5 · Moderate

Cobb Valley Road · near Upper Tākaka

Flowing
Paved 100%

6.6 km · 1.5 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–6.6 of 6.6

Score 5 · Moderate

Motueka River West Bank Road · Ngātīmoti → Motueka

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 1.0 twisty km · best km 7
km 14–26 of 27

Score 5 · Moderate

State Highway 63 (SH 63) · Badmans Flat → The Plateau

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.9 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 60.1–69.1 of 117

Score 4 · Moderate

Mangles Valley Road · near Murchison

Flowing
Paved 100%

5.2 km · 0.0 twisty km · best km 6
km 8–13.2 of 13.2

Score 5 · Moderate

Staircase Road · Badmans Flat → The Forks

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

26.1 km · 26.1 twisty km · best km 12 · ~138 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–26.1 of 27.1

Score 10 · High

Gordons Road · near Wakefield

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

23.3 km · 23.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~161 tight corners
km 0–23.3 of 23.3

Score 11 · High

Cobb Dam Road · Upper Tākaka → Lower Junction

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

21.8 km · 21.8 twisty km · best km 11 · ~96 tight corners
km 0–21.8 of 21.8

Score 10 · High

Meads Road · Motupiko → Golden Downs

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

16.8 km · 16.8 twisty km · best km 12 · ~82 tight corners
km 0–16.8 of 16.8

Score 10 · High

Mead Road · near Brightwater

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

15.6 km · 15.6 twisty km · best km 12 · ~63 tight corners
km 0–15.6 of 15.6

Score 10 · High

Cains Road · Korere → Motupiko

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

15.1 km · 15.1 twisty km · best km 13 · ~114 tight corners
km 0–15.1 of 15.1

Score 11 · High

McCallums Mill Road · near Caldervale

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 1%

14.7 km · 14.7 twisty km · best km 12 · ~77 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 1–15.7 of 15.7

Score 10 · High

Ridge Road · Motupiko → Kikiwa

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

19.5 km · 14.5 twisty km · best km 10 · ~20 tight corners
km 4.1–23.6 of 23.6

Score 8 · High

Christian Creek Road · Staircase → Kiwi

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

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 14 · ~130 tight corners
km 0–12 of 12

Score 12 · Extreme

Ricketts Road · Tūī → Kiwi

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

11.7 km · 11.7 twisty km · best km 12 · ~73 tight corners
km 0–11.7 of 11.7

Score 11 · High

Christies Road · Atapo → Kikiwa

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

13.1 km · 11.0 twisty km · best km 11 · ~48 tight corners
km 0–13.1 of 13.1

Score 9 · High

Tadmor – Glenhope Road · Kākā → Glenhope

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.9 km · 10.9 twisty km · best km 13 · ~75 tight corners
km 18–28.9 of 28.9

Score 10 · 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

Maungatapu Road · Pelorus Bridge → Franklin Flat

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 8%

10.5 km · 10.5 twisty km · best km 12 · ~14 tight corners
km 2–12.5 of 12.5

Score 10 · High

Drummonds Road · Woodstock → Tapawera

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 0%

10.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~88 tight corners
km 0–10.3 of 10.3

Score 12 · Extreme

The same roads serve Anatimo, Barron Flat, Barrys Flat, Dovedale, Golden Downs, Kiwi, Ligar Bay, Motupiko.

Twisty roads near here

Kākā 23 km
Motueka 29 km
Kikiwa 32 km
Badmans Flat 46 km
Caldervale 58 km
Pōhara 58 km
Murchison 61 km
Ōkiwi Bay 76 km
Manuka Flat 77 km
Anatori 81 km

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