Motorcycle Roads in North Carolina
North Carolina's (NC) is endowed with some of the greatest motorcycle rides in all of America. It hosts a beautiful diversity of inspiring scenery. Starting in the west, motorcycle riders will find outstanding Blue Ridge Mountains riding. Moving east will bring riders into a large swath of territory running down east central and central North Carolina known as the Piedmont Plateau. Green rolling hills with numerous rock outcroppings typify this region. Moving further east to the Atlantic Coastal Plain area will bring motorcycle riders to an area characterized as wet, with many rivers, marshes, swampland and primarily used for agriculture. Motorcycle road highlights in North Carolina include the ever famous Deal's Gap (AKA Tail of the Dragon), The Blue Ridge Parkway, and southern access to The Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
I started the ride at New River HArley Davidson just south of the Airstation at new river. Not much to see at first but once you turn on Hwy 210 toward Topsail beach, you cross the Topsail bridge and…
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North of Highlands several waterfalls are along HWY 64/28. Dry Falls has a large parking area and is just a few miles out of town. Near Erastus, Lake Glenville offers a large parking area / ramp…
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Mostly farm houses. The road is popular with motorcyclists primarily for the challenge challenging turns. Road has decreasing radius turns, aswell as a few straight-aways to open the throttle. Its…
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It has the feel of old back country Carolina roads with very little traffic on weekends especially Sundays. Lots of trees and creek crossings where you can feel the temperature drop 5-10 degrees in…
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If you like being around the water, this is a good one for you. Getting through Morehead City can be painful sometimes due to the amount of traffic, but once you cross the bridge into Beaufort, the…
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The views are of mountains and tree covered roads in many spots. The valley views on some parts of the ride are great.
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You'll see and smell the lush green pine forests. You'll pass many old farmhouses and open fields. The road occasionally tops a small mountaintop and reveals distant views and nearby ridges. There…
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This route covers some really nice two lane roads. As you get closer to Lake Lure the road gets very twisty. Lots of hairpin turns into and out of Lake Lure. Lake Lure is also the location that…
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This route covers the back roads of Durham and passes many Churches in the area. The start and end of the route are nice, but once you get into the main parts of it, the scenery becomes beautiful.…
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40 miles of rural paradise - near Charlotte. The Awesome Austin Road Loop is all quintessential North Carolina rural back-roads paradise. Hilly, windy roads in perfect condition, through farmlands,…
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Hey guys-I'm local to Franklin, NC and figured I'd let you in on my dirty little secret...its one of the most beautiful and technical roads in WNC, and most of the time, it's completely deserted! No…
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This route covers the lower Piedmont of NC. The scenery is rolling hills and farm land. It is relatively light on the curves. It travels through a couple of small towns.
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Along the way you run across several back country camp grounds, Boy Scout camps, and some very quiet lakes. Lots of farm country, mixed in with long stretches of close in pine forest on either side.…
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The scenery is quite good. Lots of canvas forestry with the residential area slowly slipping away, assuming you're going north, into just straight up forest. You're basically climbing a mountain, so…
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This route borders a state park. It is well forested on one or sometimes both sides of the road. There are some homes and developments opposite of the park but tastefully landscaped and some grassy…
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This route makes one feel that they are in Switzerland. You will pass a beautiful stone Church that over looks a valley with white cattle grazing the hillsides. You will encounter many stone…
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Vast farms and no big rigs. Sparse traffic. Patches of woods. Linwood Ln is specially beautiful.
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You will experience rural country houses and farms. Occasionally crossing streams or small lakes. At points along the path you will emerge into a moderately populated town while at other points you…
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This route goes past a vineyard, small tobacco fields and farmland.
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The scenery is limited because from start to finish you are in heavy tree cover. There are a few opportunities to see across Asheville, but they happen quickly with no good pullouts to stop and take…
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