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.
The road goes through Cherokee and Pisgah national forest. For about 10 miles, it snakes along Watauga lake, passing through many sections of densely forested land. The road will climb about 2,000…
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This route winds through a rural and scenic area, hugging the French Broad River for the first 7 miles, then breaking away from the river for a challenging uphill grade with a nice mix of switchbacks…
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Don't count on seeing much of the lake, but otherwise very nice run through the woods. There is better scenery in the area, run this road for the road.. not the view.
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State Route NC-22 runs north to south from the community of Climax (about 12 miles south of Greensboro) to routes NC 24-27 near Carthage (near Pinehurst and Southern Pines). For those wanting to get…
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This route is the only way up to Beech Mountain Resort. The weak part is all the development. The strong part is the beautiful views and that you get to the Land Of Oz at the top (note: Land of Oz is…
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This route mostly goes through wooded residential areas with elevation changes and a lot of nice turns. If you go north on Six forks you will be treated to a land bridge across a large reservoir area…
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The terrain shifts quickly from picturesque farm settings, flowing fields to heavy forest as you roll though several small communities and towns of Americana.
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This route rolls near the North, also so, South Toe Rivers. It's primarily woods and farmland, with some light residential area. As you can see in my videos it's not particularly picturesque, as this…
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NC 904 runs right along the SC line and curves through lush eastern NC farmland. If you like little traffic, old farms and farming communities you will love this scenery!
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Route goes through Duke Power State Park, several water crossings along with a short ride along the bank of the Catawba River. Farmland/rural driving.
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Devils Racetrack Rd in central NC is a local legend, aptly named for the outstanding curves in an area full of normally flat and boring roads. Also named in part for it's historical significance of…
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This road follows along a stream for a good portion of it, through farm land in the foot hills of Appalachian Mountains.
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A nice alternate to the southern part of the famed NC 215 between the Blue Ride Parkway and US 64. You can ride the best of 215 and use ride this stretch to extend the fun. The road is densely lined…
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This is actually quite scenic for such a short ride. You're in a valley going over some lost, small mountain. So, you get to see the mountains in the distance from the mountain you're going to be…
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Rural farmlands on the trip to the North Carolina coast. Small towns show some real character of Eastern NC.
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Mostly a tree farm (pine), but slightly hilly terrain for this part of the state. Few sections with hardwood trees are great in the fall.
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The road is inside the GSMNP (Great Smoky Mountains National Park). It is heavily forested with a few long range views. Since it is not a thru road it has very little traffic. This makes for an…
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Mountain twisties mixed with rolling hills and settling into a river road for awhile before activating some more twisties. The scenery is best described by my video attached to the route review here.
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This is a typical North Carolina farm country route that gets you quickly out of Durham by way of the Duke Forest. The route mostly covers farmland on both sides, which is great for a nice spring…
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Beautiful rolling hills and pastures, parts of the road are covered by the tree canopy from both sides of the road. Towards then end of the route there is a bizarre looking faux Victorian home.
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