Devil's Triangle - (New River Highway to Frost Bottom Road)

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Motorcycle Type : Sport

Great views and winding roads.

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Motorcycle Type : Enduro

Thanks Wideglide, for the excellent review (I especially liked the history of the region). At this writing, the pavement from SR 62 going northeast is fresh. Once it turns southeast, its variable. You'll notice Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary on the left as you head clockwise from SR 62. This is where James Earl Ray (who assassinated M. L. King, Jr.) lived out his days. The next few miles after the prison are quite technical. It climbs and descends the mountain with numerous switchbacks and big drop-offs. Use caution the first time through. Since most know the Dragon, the really twisty part of this ride is tighter, shorter, has less visibility with bigger drop-offs, and has more elevation change. Great fun once you've been through it once. After that, the road is less twisty but more scenic. You'll be along the river where curves, homes, and old coal tipples, etc., make for a great ride. On 5/11/12, I took the road Google maps currently marks in yellow called Norma Road (heads northwest when SR 116 turns southeast). I was coming from the south going to Big South Fork and this looked like a good short cut. The first 11 miles were gravel. They were just putting fresh gravel (typical after the winter) as I ran into a grater and a gravel truck. Not very pleasant even on my GS. The creek it ran along was not very visible either, so it lacked scenery as well. This is logging country; I caught or passed 6 logging trucks on my way to SR 63. I wanted to mention this in case you are actually trying to get somewhere using this route. I have not been on SR 330 but I can say that SR 116 is a great road. Enjoy.