Distance
116 mi
Duration
3h 53m
Checkpoints
10
Road type
Mountain twisty
Region
Southeast
Length
Day trip (100+ miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Spirited
Season
Fall
Winter status
Sometimes closed
About
The Snake Ride is the most popular and most difficult of all the Southern Dozen rides. In one 37 mile section, you’ll take more than 480 curves while crossing three mountains.
The road
Snake Ride in Johnson City, Southeast is graded at 710 corners, about 6.1 for every mile you drive. 106 of them are genuinely tight (15% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at an 8 m radius. The longest straight runs 2.3 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.
- Graded corners
- 710
- Tight (1–2)
- 106
- Tightest radius
- 8 m
- Corners per mile
- 6.1
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
10
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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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