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The Rattler

Cove/NC

Distance

24 mi

Duration

48m

Checkpoints

2

Road type

Mountain twisty

Region

Southeast

Length

Medium (20-50 miles)

Surface

Paved - modern

Intensity

Spirited

Season

Fall

Winter status

Open year-round

About

25 miles, 290 turns, 2-mountains

The road

The Rattler in Cove, Southeast is graded at 262 corners, about 10.8 for every mile you drive. 64 of them are genuinely tight (24% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 15 m radius. The longest straight runs 1.6 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.

Graded corners
262
Tight (1–2)
64
Tightest radius
15 m
Corners per mile
10.8

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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