Your local cicuit (yes another driving road thread)

Post up your circuit, the road you go for a blast down when all you want to do is go for a drive. I was in just that mood this morning, so decided to do my favorite, in the GTB. It's really such a nice drive.

 

This link should work: Ridge road, Albany (Auckland, New Zealand). And now with street view! Check out the view at point C. Also, a youtube vid of a part of albany heights road, taken at point G a couple of months ago.

 

 

If you don't how to do this with google maps, find your road, and right click to add waypoints ("directions to here" and "from here"). Once done, click the URL button on the top right of the map, and copy-paste it to here to make a tiny URL.

Lincoln, CA to El Dorado Hills, CA

 

Hwy 193 - Hwy 49 - Salmon Falls Road

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=lincoln,+ca&daddr=CA-193+to:Salmon+Falls+Rd+to:38.651198,-121.073456&hl=en&geocode=%3BFShwUQIdCqrG-A%3BFZQuTwIdZsTI-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2&sll=38.682294,-120.9375&sspn=0.579959,1.576538&ie=UTF8&ll=38.823661,-121.074829&spn=0.578812,1.576538&z=10

 

 

 

Slight Variation:

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=lincoln,+ca&daddr=CA-193+to:38.883684,-121.161132+to:Salmon+Falls+Rd+to:El+Dorado+Hills+Blvd&hl=en&geocode=%3BFShwUQIdCqrG-A%3B%3BFZQuTwIdZsTI-A%3BFQzbTQId5JbI-A&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1,2,3&sll=38.88031,-121.15448&sspn=0.018074,0.049267&ie=UTF8&ll=38.784599,-121.126328&spn=0.289566,0.788269&z=11

I still haven't done this one...yet. But seems like fun.

 

[ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12[/ame]

 

Here's a review from Pashnit. http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/MosquitoRidge.htm

Only 600 turns in 36 miles.

I still haven't done this one...yet. But seems like fun.

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12

 

Looks like it'd make most people pucker.

Wow those look like some nice roads! Makes NZ look like childs play

Randle, WA to Carson, WA: [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Randle,+WA&daddr=Carson,+WA&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=39.066914,-120.676231&sspn=0.212714,0.445633&ie=UTF8&z=9]Randle, WA to Carson, WA - Google Maps[/ame] (it's a long one so zoom in for a more interesting view)

 

Thanks NSFW for this one: [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Sultan+Basin+Rd&daddr=47.946476,-121.689806&hl=en&geocode=FYzz2gIdydS9-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=47.944838,-121.690149&sspn=0.022451,0.055618&ie=UTF8&z=15]Sultan Basin Rd to Sultan Basin Rd - Google Maps[/ame]

NJTpke NB, Philly to NYC @ 7am - bumper to bumper 85mph, w/ some of us hitting, well, can you say "Autobahn"?

I went w/ and STi today, almost MM to MM, and beat my 100 mile trip time by another 4 mins...

80k in 20 mos...

 

 

CHECK IT:

Support the NJ State Police:

http://www.njstfa.org/

To add another: GMR

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Ranch+Road&daddr=34.218048,-117.825966+to:34.222164,-117.816954+to:Glendora+Mountain+Rd,+Glendora,+Los+Angeles,+California+91741&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3BFVQwCgIdhkH6-A%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1,2&sll=34.226706,-117.797298&sspn=0.06756,0.150547&ie=UTF8&ll=34.188234,-117.825623&spn=0.135182,0.301094&z=12

GMR is good, but I heard there are Asian gangs ambushing people on the road.

Live in queens,NY so my local track is the LIE, but i have a blast when i go upstate through the twisties!

GMR is good, but I heard there are Asian gangs ambushing people on the road.

 

Good thing I live nowhere near there.

 

Once I get my Ohlins or AST coilovers I'll be set to take them on.

http://tinyurl.com/9z8snq

 

Back when I lived in California, many years ago, I had occasion to drive this road, The Ortega Highway (which was the number one fatalities per mile road in the state). You go from about sea level over a mountain range about 5,000 high, then back down again, so the two dimensinal map does not do it justice. Most of the road is two lanes through canyon passes, with sheer rock outcroppings on one side, and vertical drop-offs of 200 to 500 feet on the other. Every weekend the jelly bean colored crotch rocket racers would run up and down in packs, making suicide passes around blind turns, occasionally going over the embankments, smashing into the mountain facing, or into the front of an oncoming car. Averaged about one fatality per weekend. Can't say whether this still happens, as again it has been years ago since I've lived there or driven (and ridden) on that road.

Waggoner's Gap Rd, between Caprivi and Bridgeport, PA. This is a stretch of several miles that follows Rt. 74. Beautiful scenery from the top, and a few really, really tight bends. One in particular, is more interesting as you head south (uphill). It's a 10-15mph bend that hairpins and then goes at a very steep incline. Feels like you're going straight up.

 

[ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=waggoner%27s+gap,+pa&sll=40.089391,-77.06972&sspn=0.011852,0.02738&g=404+Little+John+Dr,+Dillsburg,+PA+17019&ie=UTF8&ll=40.294323,-77.265301&spn=0.094533,0.21904&z=13]Google Maps[/ame]

 

 

 

I'm a NH native, and a perennial favorite for all of us is the Kancamangus Highway, which runs between I-93 and Rt. 16/Spaulding Turnpike.

 

[ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kancamangus+highway,+nh&sll=40.294323,-77.265301&sspn=0.094533,0.21904&ie=UTF8&ll=44.004669,-71.332855&spn=0.35659,0.87616&z=11]Google Maps[/ame]

 

They used to shut "The Kanc" down in the winter, for snowmobilers, but haven't for years. Kind of a bummer.

Favorite area:

 

Roads around Blood Mountain in Georgia; Hwy129, GA180, GA60, GA74 to name a few, it's a great area.

 

http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/north_georgia/union-county-scenic-driving-tour/images/gold_city_tours.jpg

 

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/US129_trip/photos/blood_mtn_L.jpg

 

A very good write up on the roads and sites is here: http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/north_georgia/union-county-scenic-driving-tour/

 

Second favorite area:

Roads around Deal's Gap on the North Carolina/Tennesse boarder; Hwy129 (same 129 as in GA!), Hwy28, Cherola Skyway to name a few, it's another great area just usually more crowded than Blood Mountain.

 

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/poster2005.jpg

 

Best "Dragon Loop" loop info: http://www.kickstandlodge.com/maps/kens_routes/wayah.html

My local loop day trip... deserts to mountains to beaches! Ending at Pizza Port for a couple of beers and great pizza...

 

My old favorite Malibu drive... maybe not the Tail of the Dragon, but still damn good! About the only thing I miss about living in LA...

damn you west coasters. I need someone in the boston area to speak up. I've been looking for a nice twisty drive to do, everything around here is straight lines.

 

http://tinyurl.com/RIhome1 ... this is my drive at home. more of a scenic route than a twisty one. start at A and end at K, with a pit stop at the beach at F.

[ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Highland,+UT&daddr=Cascade+Springs,+UT&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=46.13029,-121.92398&sspn=0.987867,2.471924&ie=UTF8&ll=40.435973,-111.691818&spn=0.135622,0.30899&t=p&z=12]Highland, UT to Cascade Springs, UT - Google Maps[/ame]

 

Teh twisties! American Fork Canyon, Utah... Amazing scenery the whole way.

 

http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs35/i/2008/299/7/a/Legacy_glamour_shot_by_hali.jpg

Randle, WA to Carson, WA: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Randle,+WA&daddr=Carson,+WA&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=39.066914,-120.676231&sspn=0.212714,0.445633&ie=UTF8&z=9 (it's a long one so zoom in for a more interesting view)

 

Thanks NSFW for this one: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Sultan+Basin+Rd&daddr=47.946476,-121.689806&hl=en&geocode=FYzz2gIdydS9-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=47.944838,-121.690149&sspn=0.022451,0.055618&ie=UTF8&z=15

 

I've added some more to that second link. Click here.

 

Google Maps shows Reiter Road coming to a dead end, but it actually goes through to Index, and you can get back onto US-2 there.

 

Also, I'm going to propose this drive next summer for the PNW crew.

South of Wilkeson it gets pretty cool.

 

Also, this. A couple miles of that is dirt road, but it was smooth last time I was there.