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Grandfather Mountain Drive

Blowing Rock/NC

Distance

17 mi

Duration

33m

Checkpoints

2

Road type

Mountain scenic

Region

Southeast

Length

Short (under 20 miles)

Surface

Paved - modern

Intensity

Moderate

Season

Fall

Winter status

Sometimes closed

The road

Grandfather Mountain Drive in Blowing Rock, Southeast is graded at 170 corners, about 10.3 for every mile you drive. 43 of them are genuinely tight (25% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 9 m radius.

Graded corners
170
Tight (1–2)
43
Tightest radius
9 m
Corners per mile
10.3

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

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