Distance
19 mi
Duration
33m
Checkpoints
2
Road type
Mountain twisty
Region
Southeast
Length
Short (under 20 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Spirited
Season
Fall
Winter status
Open year-round
About
NC 28 from Deals Gap to Stecoah — the Dragon's quieter neighbour and, to a lot of locals, the better drive. Around 190 curves in 18 miles with far less traffic, running past Fontana Dam and the edge of the Nantahala. Long sightlines between the corners make it flow where the Dragon fights you. Photo: Washuotaku / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The road
Hellbender 28 in Fontana Dam, Southeast is graded at 195 corners, about 10.3 for every mile you drive. 37 of them are genuinely tight (19% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 9 m radius. There is no real rest on it — the longest straight is only 340 m before the next corner.
- Graded corners
- 195
- Tight (1–2)
- 37
- 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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