Distance
76 mi
Duration
2h 10m
Checkpoints
2
Road type
Mountain twisty
Region
Southeast
Length
Long (50-100 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Spirited
Season
Fall
Winter status
Open year-round
About
NC 28 south from Deals Gap through Franklin toward Highlands, named for the bootleggers who used it. A long, varied run — river valley, gorge and mountain shelf — that rewards a whole day rather than a fast blast. It shares its first miles with the Hellbender before turning south. Photo: Jan Kronsell / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The road
Moonshiner 28 in Franklin, Southeast is graded at 736 corners, about 9.7 for every mile you drive. 124 of them are genuinely tight (17% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 9 m radius. The longest straight runs 0.8 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.
- Graded corners
- 736
- Tight (1–2)
- 124
- Tightest radius
- 9 m
- Corners per mile
- 9.7
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
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