Distance
29.4 mi
Duration
1h 6m
Checkpoints
3
Created
OCT 27, 2026
About
This is a small but great loop around one of the best spots in Blue Ridge Parkway and HWY221. Start this route at a gas station and end at a restaurant in Blowing Rock.
The road
Linn cove viaduct/HWY221 Loop in Blowing Rock, North Carolina is graded at 244 corners, about 8.3 for every mile you drive. 54 of them are genuinely tight (22% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 13 m radius.
- Graded corners
- 244
- Tight (1–2)
- 54
- Tightest radius
- 13 m
- Corners per mile
- 8.3
Corners are graded from the route’s own geometry on the rally 1–6 scale, where 1 is a hairpin. Road & Rally calls them out as you drive.
Checkpoints
3
- #01
Exxon Gas Station
- #02
Linn Cove Viaduct
- #03
The Town Tavern
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