Numanpaşa

Numanpaşa is a high mountain town at an elevation of 1.573m (5,160ft) above the sea level, located in Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The average gradient is 9.71%.

Numanpaşa
Numanpaşa

The road to the town is gravel. This is definitely not a Sunday drive. Drive with care as this is a mountain road with dangerous dropoffs. It’s a mountainous drive with dangerous twists and turns. Open to traffic throughout the year. May be closed for short periods in winter when the weather is bad.

The journey is pretty steep. Starting from D050 road, the drive is 5.3 km long via 9 hairpin turns. The elevation gain is 515 meters. The average gradient is 9.71%.