Best driving roads in Virginia.
- Routes
- 27
- Curated
- 14
- Miles mapped
- 2,763
- Graded corners
- 14,338
Virginia’s best driving is in the west. Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway follow the crest of the Blue Ridge, and in the southwest the roads around Marion and Wise climb the Alleghenies — including the Back of the Dragon, VA 16 between Marion and Tazewell.
27 routes in Virginia, 14 of them curated by Road & Rally, cover 2,763 miles and 14,338 graded corners — 2,018 of them tight enough to grade a 1 or 2. Most of them start around Wise, Gate City, Pennington Gap and Tazewell. The twistiest, Shenandoah Loop, packs 13.9 corners into every mile for 117 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.
- Shenandoah LoopNear Greenwood117 mi1,627 corners13.9 / mi32 tight
- The GargoyleNear Honaker69 mi775 corners11.3 / mi66 tight
- RoadRUNNERNear Gate City98 mi1,030 corners10.5 / mi135 tight
- Skull CrackerNear Gate City35 mi359 corners10.1 / mi40 tight
- Blue Ridge ParkwayNear Afton352 mi
- BootleggerNear Grundy100 mi
- HeartbreakerNear Lebanon84 mi
- Panther's BreathNear Duffield84 mi
- Black SnakeNear Pennington Gap84 mi
- ScorpionNear Tazewell80 mi
- The CorkscrewNear Wise65 mi
- Eagle's NestNear Pennington Gap59 mi
- Strippers RunNear Wise43 mi
- Dragon Slayer Hwy 160Near Big Stone Gap19 mi
Drivers’ routes
Mapped by Road & Rally drivers, ordered by how much they bend.
- September Drive25 mi315 corners12.7 / mi102 tight
- Slip KnotNear Wise83 mi1,022 corners12.3 / mi248 tight
- Wine CorkNear Wise88 mi1,020 corners11.5 / mi203 tight
- Back of the Dragon - West LoopNear Tazewell51 mi585 corners11.4 / mi164 tight
- Back of the Dragon - 438 curves/32 milesNear Marion24 mi258 corners10.7 / mi92 tight
- Back of the Dragon - The Big loopNear Marion104 mi980 corners9.4 / mi248 tight
- VA Highland RunNear Staunton180 mi1,452 corners8.1 / mi133 tight
- VA & WV RunNear Wytheville163 mi1,325 corners8.1 / mi255 tight
- Food & twisty roadsNear Warm Springs59 mi461 corners7.8 / mi37 tight
- Va and WV LoopNear Rockingham218 mi1,475 corners6.8 / mi151 tight
- James River RunNear Powhatan87 mi553 corners6.4 / mi24 tight
- SeptemberNear Suffolk374 mi1,062 corners2.8 / mi84 tight
- Hwy run testNear Ringgold17 mi39 corners2.3 / mi4 tight
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Road Finder scores every road in an area on curvature and flow, so the technical ones come up first. Start it anywhere in Virginia.
Questions
- What is the curviest road in Virginia?
- Of the 27 routes on Road & Rally in Virginia, Shenandoah Loop bends the most: 13.9 graded corners per mile over 117 mi, 32 of them tight (grade 1 or 2). Corners are measured from the road’s own geometry, not estimated.
- Where are the best driving roads in Virginia?
- The routes drivers have mapped in Virginia cluster around Wise, Gate City, Pennington Gap and Tazewell. Every one is listed on this page with its distance and how many corners it has.
- How do I find twisty roads near me in Virginia?
- 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.