Best driving roads in New Mexico.
- Routes
- 16
- Curated
- 1
- Miles mapped
- 480
- Graded corners
- 4,976
16 routes in New Mexico, 1 of them curated by Road & Rally, cover 480 miles and 4,976 graded corners — 680 of them tight enough to grade a 1 or 2. The twistiest, Navajo Route 31, packs 15.9 corners into every mile for 9.0 mi.
Corners are graded from each road’s own geometry on the rally 1–6 scale, where 1 is a hairpin. The app calls them out as you drive.
By the numbers
Curated drives
Picked, mapped and graded by Road & Rally.
Drivers’ routes
Mapped by Road & Rally drivers, ordered by how much they bend.
- Navajo Route 31Near Tohatchi9.0 mi143 corners15.9 / mi51 tight
- New Mexico Highway 485 + ExtrasNear Jemez Pueblo27 mi383 corners14.1 / mi27 tight
- Ski Run RoadNear Alto12 mi166 corners13.6 / mi31 tight
- 31 Mile Road + ExtrasNear Jemez Springs37 mi458 corners12.4 / mi109 tight
- Toas Ski Valley AscentNear Arroyo Seco11 mi140 corners12.2 / mi18 tight
- Hyde Park RoadNear Santa Fe15 mi167 corners11.4 / mi30 tight
- New Mexico Highway 15 to Gila Cliff Dwellings National MonumentNear Silver City42 mi461 corners11 / mi72 tight
- Sunspot Highway + Sacremento RoadNear Cloudcroft41 mi438 corners10.6 / mi33 tight
- North Star Mesa Road + New Mexico Highway 163Near Mimbres72 mi752 corners10.5 / mi157 tight
- New Mexico Highway 152Near Hanover42 mi419 corners10.1 / mi79 tight
- Sandia Crest RoadNear Sandia Park13 mi124 corners9.6 / mi21 tight
- New Mexico Highway 126Near Jemez Springs35 mi329 corners9.5 / mi19 tight
- US Route 64 - Taos CanyonNear Taos19 mi167 corners8.9 / mi15 tight
- New Mexico Highway 4Near San Ysidro63 mi448 corners7.1 / mi11 tight
- US Route 64 pt. 2Near Eagle Nest20 mi132 corners6.4 / mi3 tight
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Questions
- What is the curviest road in New Mexico?
- Of the 16 routes on Road & Rally in New Mexico, Navajo Route 31 bends the most: 15.9 graded corners per mile over 9.0 mi, 51 of them tight (grade 1 or 2). Corners are measured from the road’s own geometry, not estimated.
- How do I find twisty roads near me in New Mexico?
- Road Finder scans any area of the map and scores every road in it on curvature and flow, so the most technical roads near you rise to the top. It is in the Road & Rally app, and on the web with a free account.
- Can I drive these routes with turn-by-turn pace notes?
- Yes. Open any route in the Road & Rally app and it navigates you there, calling every graded corner before you reach it — the way a rally co-driver would.
Drive them with pace notes.
Every route here opens in the Road & Rally app, navigates you to the start, and calls each corner before you reach it.