Distance
9 mi
Duration
18m
Checkpoints
8
Road type
Mountain twisty
Region
Southeast
Length
Short (under 20 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Spirited
Season
Fall
Winter status
Open year-round
About
Densely wooded trek, from Marion in McDowell County to Little Switzerland, on the edge of Mitchell County, NC at Milepost 334.
The road
Diamond Back Loop in Little Switzerland, Southeast is graded at 223 corners, about 24.5 for every mile you drive. 51 of them are genuinely tight (23% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at an 8 m radius.
- Graded corners
- 223
- Tight (1–2)
- 51
- Tightest radius
- 8 m
- Corners per mile
- 24.5
Corners are graded from the road’s own geometry on the rally 1–6 scale, where 1 is a hairpin. Road & Rally calls them out as you drive.
Checkpoints
8
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Fastest times
No one has a time on this road yet. Drive it start to finish in the Road & Rally app and the first run sets the record.
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