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The world's most spectacular roads

Turracher Höhe (Austria)

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Turracher Höhe refers to a village, a pass across the Alps, and a countryside in the Gurktaler Alps in Austria, at an elevation of 1,795 m (5,889 ft) above the sea level.

 

Passo d’Alpisella (Italy)

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Passo d’Alpisella is a high mountain pass, located in the Livigno range (Italy), at an elevation of 2.285m (7497ft) above the sea level.

 

BU-V-5741 (Spain)

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BU-V-5741 is a spectacular asphalted mountain road, with a total lenght of 22,6 km, going through the Manzanedo Valley, in the Spanish province of Burgos.

 

Klondike Bluffs Trail (USA)

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Klondike Bluffs Area Trails is a 16 miles round-trip of dirt road and slickrock located in Moab, Utah (USA), which begins 16 miles north of Moab on Highway 191, just north of mile marker 142.

 

Amasa Back Trail (USA)

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Amasa Back Trail is a 6 miles one way dirt road, located in Moab, Utah (USA), which begins five miles west of U.S. Highway 191 on the Kane Creek Road.

 

Puerto del Suspiro del Moro (Spain)

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Puerto del Suspiro del Moro or Pass of the Moor's Sigh is a mountain pass in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, at an elevation of 865m above the sea level.

 

PR-191 (USA)

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Puerto Rico Highway 191 or PR-191 is a rural road located in easten Puerto Rico and is the main access to the El Yunque National Forest.

 

Route 89 (USA)

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U.S. Route 89 is a north–south United States Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for 848 miles (1,365 kilometers) from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park.

 

Hankey to Patensie Road (South Africa)

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The journey will be from east to west, originating in Port Elizabeth. From the N2 national road take the R331 turnoff to Hankey. This is the first turn-off after the end of the freeway.

 

Cambria Road (South Africa)

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The road from Cambria to Doodsklip & Rooihoek is 27 km. length (2.5 hours), accessible only with 4x4 or 2x4).

 

Black Gap Road (USA)

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Black Gap Road is a 8.5 miles (14km) road, located in the Big Bend National Park, a national park located in the U.S. state of Texas.

 

Alberta Highway 40 (Canada)

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Alberta Provincial Highway No. 40 is a south-north highway located in western Alberta, Canada. It is also named Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Improvement District and Bighorn Highway in the M.D. of Bighorn No. 8.

 

Coronado Trail Scenic Byway (USA)

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Coronado Trail Scenic Byway is a road located in Arizona, with a total length of 123.0 mi / 197.9 km, going through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. 

 

Rainbow Basin Road (USA)

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Rainbow Basin Road is a 4.0 miles loop, which starts in the Fossil Bed Rd, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

 

Hat Point Road (USA)

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The Hat Point Trailhead is located on the edge of the Hells Canyon Wilderness area near the Hat Point Day Use area and overlook.

 

Angeles Crest Highway (USA)

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The Angeles Crest Highway is a two-lane (one lane of travel in each direction) segment of California State Route 2, a mountain road, in the United States.

 

Scenic Byway 12 (USA)

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Highway 12 Utah is the 122 mile scenic road which links many highlights in southern Utah including Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Boulder Mountain, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park.

 

State Route 153 (USA)

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State Route 153 (SR-153) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Just over half of the western portion of the highway has been designated the Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway as part of the Utah Scenic Byways and Forest Service Byways programs.

 

Apache Trail (USA)

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The Apache Trail in Arizona (USA) was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains.

 

Shatili (Georgia)

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Shatili is a small village only a few miles away from the Chechen border, famous for its fortified dwellings built between the 7th and 13th centuries, located in the deep Arghuni gorge at an elevation 1.400 meters above the sea level.

 

Muotkatakka (Finland)

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Muotkatakka is the highest elevation of Finnish public roads, at 565,6 meters above sea level, located in the road 21/E8 close to the Norwegian border.

 

Lukomir (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Lukomir is the only remaining traditional semi-nomadic Bosniak mountain village in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

Trepalle (Italy)

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Trepalle is a village (the highest in Italy) in the Italian Alps, a frazione of Livigno, Lombardy. It is considered to be the village located at the highest altitude in Europe (2,069 m at the parish church, with the village stretching up to the Passo d'Eira, at 2,209 m).

 

N623 (Spain)

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N623 is a spectacular national Spanish road with a total lenght of 160 km, between the cities of Burgos and Santander.

 

Slickrock Bike Trail (USA)

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Slickrock Bike Trail is part of the National Trails System, which is a network of scenic, historic, and recreation trails created by the National Trails System Act of 1968.

 

Bar M Loop Trail (USA)

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Bar M Loop Trail is a 8 miles dirt road, located in Moab, Utah (USA), which begins seven miles north of Moab on U.S. Highway 191. Turn east (right) across the road from the Gemini Bridges turnoff and park in the Bar M parking lot. There is a bulletin board at that point.

 

Hoya de la Mora (Spain)

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Hoya de la Mora is a spectacular high mountain pass, located in Granada (Spain), in the Sierra Nevada Park, at an elevation of 2.550m above the sea level, on the A395 road.

 

Douglas Pass (USA)

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Douglas Pass, at an elevation of 8268 feet above the sea level is a mountain pass in Colorado traversed by State Highway 139. It is not an especially high summit relative to other Colorado passes, and the road, though reasonably steep on the south side (7%), has no tight spots and only a few switchbacks.

 

Devil’s Highway (USA)

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Devil’s Highway is known as one of the twistiest roads in the US by motorcycle riders. Even the Federal Highway Administration considers this drive to be the curviest road in the nation.

 

Highway 75 (USA)

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State Highway 75 is a two-lane highway that travels through the Sawtooth Range of central Idaho from Shoshone to Challis. The road is designated as one of Idaho's scenic byways and provides access to Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It primarily follows the Big Wood River and the main Salmon River.

 

Geelhoutbos Road (South Africa)

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The road from Geelhoutbos to Nuwekloof Pass has a length of 67 km. (2 hours) and it’s accessible by normal on-road vehicle).

 

Paint Gap Road (USA)

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The Paint Gap Road is located 6 miles west of the Panther Junction Visitor Center along the north side of the park road, located in the Big Bend National Park, a national park located in the U.S. state of Texas.

 

Old Ore Road (USA)

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Old Ore Road is a 26 miles (43km) road, located in the Big Bend National Park, a national park located in the U.S. state of Texas.

 

Old Mine Road (USA)

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Old Mine Road is a road in New Jersey and New York said to be one of the oldest continuously-used roads in the United States of America. At a length of 104 miles, it stretches from the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to the vicinity of Kingston, New York.

 

Whitney Portal Road (USA)

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Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is on the boundary between California'sInyo and Tulare counties, 84.6 miles (136.2 km) west-northwest of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park (282 feet (86 m) below sea level).

 

Figueroa Mountain Road (USA)

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Beginning off Hwy 154 near Los Olivos, Figueroa Mountain Road winds and climbs into Los Padres National Forrest (USA).

 

Jawbone Off-Highway Vehicle Open Area (USA)

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From cross-country play to advanced technical routes, the Jawbone Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area offers over 7,000 acres of open-use public land where you can ride anywhere your skill and machine will take you. 

 

Spirit Lake Memorial Highway (USA)

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State Route 504 is a state highway in Cowlitz and Skamania counties, in the U.S. state ofWashington. It extends 51.76 miles (83.30 km) from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5), SR 411 and Interstate 5 Business (I-5 Bus) in the city of Castle Rock, east to end at the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

 

Steens Mountain Loop Road (USA)

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Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in Harney County, it stretches some 50 miles (80 km) and rises from an elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above the Alvord Desert to its peak at 9,733 feet (2,967 m).

 

N12 (South Africa)

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The N12 is a National Route in South Africa, which starts in George in the Western Cape and ends in Witbank in Mpumalanga.

 

Cirque de Troumouse (France)

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The Cirque de Troumouse is an imposing curved wall of rock,10 km long and 1.000m high located in  in the Hautes-Pyrenees in France, forming the border with Spain, in the municipality of Gèdre.

 

TF-21 (Spain)

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TF-21 is one of the most spectacular roads in Europe. Located in the island of Tenerife, in the Canarias Island (Spain) the road reaches the Teide National Park.

 

Moscopole (Albania)

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Moscopole was a cultural and commercial center of the Aromanians, and now a small municipality in Korçë District, modern southeastern Albania.

 

Ifrane (Morocco)

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Ifrane (nicknamed Little Switzerland) is a town and ski resort in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco. Ifrane, at an elevation of 1.665 metres (5,460 ft), is the highest settlement in Morocco. It’s part of the Meknès-Tafilalet region. In Tamazight, the regional Berber language, "ifran" means caves.

 

Shimshal (Pakistan)

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Shimshal is a beautiful village located in Gojal, Hunza-Nagar District, in the Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan formerly known as Northern Areas of Pakistan. It lies at an altitude of 3,200 m above sea level, and is the highest settlement in Hunza Valley of Pakistan.

 
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