Distance
40 mi
Duration
60m
Checkpoints
2
Road type
Mountain scenic
Region
Southeast
Length
Medium (20-50 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Moderate
Season
Fall
Winter status
Sometimes closed
About
A National Park Service parkway along the north-west edge of the Smokies, finally continuous after the "Missing Link" opened in 2018. No commercial traffic, no junctions and sweeping views across to Mount Le Conte — a fast, flowing counterpoint to the tight stuff nearby. Photo: Brian Stansberry / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The road
Foothills Parkway in Walland, Southeast is graded at 349 corners, about 8.7 for every mile you drive. 6 of them are genuinely tight, and the sharpest turns in at a 4 m radius.
- Graded corners
- 349
- Tight (1–2)
- 6
- Tightest radius
- 4 m
- Corners per mile
- 8.7
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
2
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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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