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The best twisty roads around Welcome Bay

53 twisty stretches · 231 km of twisty road within reach of Welcome Bay — 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 Welcome Bay, New Zealand — whole roads joined from OpenStreetMap geometry, walked a kilometre at a time and ranked by twisty kilometres. The best sealed one is Waihi – Whangamata Road (SH 25) · Waihī → Whiritoa with 12.0 twisty km. Click a road to see it on the map above, or take the GPX.

53
Stretches within 60 km
232 km
Twisty kilometres
290
Tight corners
19 / 3
Sealed / unsealed shown
Waihi – Whangamata Road (SH 25) · Waihī → Whiritoa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

12.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners
km 8–20 of 103.8

Score 9 · High

Upper Ohauiti Road · near Welcome Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

9.0 km · 9.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners
km 2–11 of 12.4

Score 10 · High

Paradise Valley Road · Rotorua → Ngongotahā

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

10.0 km · 8.0 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 1–11 of 13.3

Score 8 · High

Buckland Road · Matamata → Karāpiro

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

13.8 km · 7.7 twisty km · best km 9 · ~2 tight corners
km 3–16.8 of 16.8

Score 6 · Moderate

Golden Cross Road · near Waihī

Paved twisty
Paved 94%

6.4 km · 6.4 twisty km · best km 11 · ~33 tight corners
km 0–6.4 of 6.4

Score 10 · High

Maungakawa Road · Cambridge → Te Miro

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.0 km · 6.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~4 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 3–9 of 12

Score 10 · High

Reid Road · near Pāpāmoa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.7 km · 5.7 twisty km · best km 10 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–5.7 of 5.7

Score 10 · High

Old Kaimai Road · Lower Kaimai → Te Poi

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.7 km · 5.7 twisty km · best km 11 · ~13 tight corners
km 0–5.7 of 5.7

Score 9 · High

State Highway 30 (SH 30) · Kawerau → Lake Rotomā

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.6 km · 5.6 twisty km · best km 10 · ~5 tight corners
km 25.4–31.1 of 72

Score 8 · High

Wright Road · Wainui North → Ōmokoroa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.4 km · 5.4 twisty km · best km 9 · ~2 tight corners
km 3.1–8.5 of 8.5

Score 8 · High

Manawahe Road · near Matatā

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.1 km · 5.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~4 tight corners
km 23–28.1 of 32.1

Score 9 · High

Kaitemako Road · near Welcome Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 96%

7.0 km · 4.9 twisty km · best km 9 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–7 of 7

Score 7 · Moderate

Rocky Cutting Road · Pāpāmoa → Welcome Bay

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.9 km · 4.9 twisty km · best km 10 · ~2 tight corners
km 0–4.9 of 4.9

Score 9 · High

Old Highway · near Ōmokoroa

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.7 km · 4.6 twisty km · best km 10 · ~4 tight corners
km 0–5.7 of 5.7

Score 9 · High

Crawford Road · near Tauriko

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

5.4 km · 4.4 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 1.1–6.5 of 6.5

Score 8 · High

Oropi Gorge Road · Pyes Pā → Oropi

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.2 km · 4.2 twisty km · best km 12 · ~3 tight corners
km 1–5.2 of 5.2

Score 10 · High

Okareka Loop Road · Rotorua → Lake Ōkareka

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

4.2 km · 4.2 twisty km · best km 9
km 0–4.2 of 5.3

Score 8 · High

Brunskill Road · Te Miro → Whitehall

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

6.8 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~2 tight corners
km 2.1–8.9 of 8.9

Score 7 · Moderate

Maniatutu Road · near Ōkere Falls

Paved twisty
Paved 100%

3.9 km · 3.9 twisty km · best km 10 · ~3 tight corners
km 23.1–26.9 of 26.9

Score 9 · High

Matahi Road · Manawahe → Lake Rotomā

Flowing
Paved 100%

9.8 km · 4.8 twisty km · best km 9 · ~14 tight corners
km 0–9.8 of 9.8

Score 7 · Moderate

Welcome Bay Road · Pāpāmoa → Welcome Bay

Flowing
Paved 100%

10.1 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 9 · ~1 tight corners
km 0–10.1 of 10.1

Score 6 · Moderate

Old Coach Road · Ohinepanea → Paengaroa

Flowing
Paved 100%

18.0 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~5 tight corners · 1 hairpins
km 0–18 of 22.7

Score 5 · Moderate

Pikowai Road · Pikowai → Manawahe

Flowing
Paved 100%

12.1 km · 4.0 twisty km · best km 8
km 0–12.1 of 18.3

Score 6 · Moderate

Bryce Road · Rotorua → Guthrie

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.3 km · 3.9 twisty km · best km 11 · ~7 tight corners
km 0–8.3 of 8.3

Score 8 · High

Rangiuru Road · Te Puke → Te Ranga

Flowing
Paved 100%

16.3 km · 3.3 twisty km · best km 9 · ~9 tight corners
km 0–16.3 of 16.3

Score 5 · Moderate

Te Waerenga Road · near Hamurana

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.3 km · 3.1 twisty km · best km 9 · ~2 tight corners
km 1.1–9.3 of 9.3

Score 7 · Moderate

Leslie Road · near Putāruru

Flowing
Paved 100%

8.4 km · 3.0 twisty km · best km 8 · ~1 tight corners
km 13.2–21.6 of 21.6

Score 6 · Moderate

Manawahe Road · Lake Rotomā → Manawahe

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 46%

17.1 km · 12.1 twisty km · best km 11 · ~60 tight corners
km 0–17.1 of 32.1

Score 8 · High

Piakonui Road · Richmond Downs → Matamata

Unpaved & 4WD
Mixed 42%

14.0 km · 12.0 twisty km · best km 12 · ~73 tight corners
km 0–14 of 14.5

Score 9 · High

McIvor Road · near Kawerau

Unpaved & 4WD
Gravel/Dirt 4%

10.3 km · 10.3 twisty km · best km 13 · ~26 tight corners
km 0–10.3 of 10.3

Score 11 · High

The same roads serve Lower Kaimai, Tauriko, Wainui North, Ōmokoroa.

Twisty roads near here

Hamurana 29 km
Katikati 34 km
Lake Rotomā 46 km
Richmond Downs 47 km
Putāruru 48 km
Cambridge 60 km
Waimangu 61 km
Tauwhare 65 km
Ngakuru 66 km
Whangamatā 67 km

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