Motorcycle roads
The best motorcycle roads in America
The famous rides every rider talks about, from the Tail of the Dragon to the Beartooth Highway. Each one has its map, length, elevation and a GPX download, and opens in the free MotoCurve planner in one click, ready to change and ride with turn-by-turn voice navigation.
Tail of the Dragon
The best-known 11 miles in American motorcycling: US 129 at Deals Gap, with 318 curves.
North Carolina and Tennessee · 12 mi
Cherohala Skyway
A high, sweeping mountain road from Robbinsville, NC, to Tellico Plains, TN, above 5,000 feet.
North Carolina and Tennessee · 53 mi
Million Dollar Highway
US 550 over Red Mountain Pass in the San Juan Mountains, from Ouray to Silverton.
Colorado · 24 mi
Beartooth Highway
US 212 over Beartooth Pass, nearly 11,000 feet, from Red Lodge to the northeast gate of Yellowstone.
Montana and Wyoming · 66 mi
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Across Glacier National Park and over Logan Pass on the Continental Divide.
Montana · 59 mi
Big Sur, Highway 1
California Highway 1 along the Big Sur cliffs, from Carmel to San Simeon.
California · 98 mi
Utah Scenic Byway 12
Red rock, slickrock and the Hogback ridge, from Bryce Canyon to Capitol Reef.
Utah · 122 mi
Kancamagus Highway
NH 112 across the White Mountains, from Lincoln to Conway.
New Hampshire · 38 mi
Back of the Dragon
VA 16 over three mountains in southwest Virginia, from Marion to Tazewell.
Virginia · 34 mi
Skyline Drive
The full length of Shenandoah National Park along the Blue Ridge, about 105 miles.
Virginia · 110 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
The Virginia half of the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Rockfish Gap to the North Carolina line.
Virginia · 227 mi
Natchez Trace Parkway
The whole 444-mile parkway from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee.
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee · 446 mi
Needles Highway
SD 87 through Custer State Park, with granite spires and one-lane rock tunnels.
South Dakota · 10 mi
Angeles Crest Highway
CA 2 into the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles, from La Cañada to Wrightwood.
California · 64 mi
Sea to Sky Highway
BC 99 along Howe Sound and up into the Coast Mountains, from Horseshoe Bay to Whistler.
British Columbia · 65 mi
Cabot Trail
A loop around the north of Cape Breton Island, along the cliffs of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Nova Scotia · 179 mi
The Snake, US 421
US 421 over Holston Mountain and through Shady Valley, east Tennessee's answer to the Dragon.
Tennessee · 34 mi
Peak to Peak Highway
Colorado's oldest scenic byway, from Black Hawk to Estes Park along the Front Range.
Colorado · 61 mi
Mohawk Trail
MA 2 across the Berkshires, from Greenfield to the Hairpin Turn and Williamstown.
Massachusetts · 43 mi
Tunnel of Trees
M-119 along the Lake Michigan bluffs, a narrow road under a canopy of trees.
Michigan · 16 mi
Lolo Pass, US 12
US 12 along the Lochsa River and over Lolo Pass, with its famous "Winding Road" sign.
Idaho and Montana · 135 mi
Twisted Sisters
Ranch Roads 335, 336 and 337 in the Texas Hill Country, a loop from Leakey.
Texas · 79 mi
Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
WY 296 over Dead Indian Pass, linking Cody to the Beartooth Highway.
Wyoming · 53 mi
Pig Trail
AR 23 through the Ozark National Forest, with the Pig Trail Scenic Byway at its heart.
Arkansas · 35 mi
Six Gap Loop
A loop from Dahlonega over six mountain gaps in north Georgia.
Georgia · 97 mi
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