Distance
57 mi
Duration
1h 54m
Checkpoints
9
Road type
Rural rolling
Region
Southeast
Length
Long (50-100 miles)
Surface
Paved - modern
Intensity
Moderate
Season
Spring
Winter status
Open year-round
About
Once a Native American escape route, then a Civil War refuge, the caverns have an array of stories to tell. On this ride, you’ll have the opportunity to see these unique caves and explore an underground labyrinth more than one million years old.
The road
Spelunker Tour in Johnson City, Southeast is graded at 194 corners, about 3.4 for every mile you drive. 22 of them are genuinely tight (11% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 12 m radius. The longest straight runs 2.7 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.
- Graded corners
- 194
- Tight (1–2)
- 22
- Tightest radius
- 12 m
- Corners per mile
- 3.4
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
9
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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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