Monterey Palo Escrito Mountain Loop

Monterey Palo Escrito Mountain Loop in Carmel, California is graded at 810 corners, about 8.4 for every mile you drive. 139 of them are genuinely tight (17% of the road), and the sharpest turns in at a 9 m radius. The longest straight runs 2.4 miles, so there is room to breathe between the technical sections.

Graded corners

810

Tight (1–2)

139

Tightest radius

9 m

Corners per mile

8.4

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.