ZinFreak Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 This is one of my most favorite drives... Stewart's Point-Skaggs Spring Road. Connects between Healdsburg/Dry Creek to Highway One. The pics are two views from Google Earth. One looking east from the Pacific, the other looking west from Lake Sonoma/Warm Springs Dam. It is 60 miles of turns, twists, climbs, and dives with incredible scenery. Once you arrive in Stewarts Point there is a little store you can grab a cold drink. The gas pumps may be working again in the near future. The little town of Gualala is (north of Stewy Pt.) is cool, stop at Bones Roadhouse for a killer burger or ribs. -Zin 06 LGT LTD GRP 5MT 07 FXT LTD OBP 4EAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbreak gt Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 South on Highway 1 from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz is always fun, and 1 south of Carmel to Big Sur is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Wentworth Springs Road from Georgetown to Icehouse road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSix Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Winding Way between Sunrise and Hazel in Citrus Heights. (part of my daily drive) Give a man a beer, and he'll waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and he'll waste a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhiTauFord Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I'm new to NorCal. We should put together a drive / meet. I'd like to see some of these routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myUsername Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Winding Way between Sunrise and Hazel in Citrus Heights. (part of my daily drive) I know this road, but there's always so much traffic. I like the road from highway 50 to Ice House Reservoire. I think it's just called Ice House Road. I haven't taken the LGT there yet, but had my friend took his Chevy Tahoe. We did some hokey off roading...we went maybe 1/4 mile off roading until we turned back because he didn't want his truck to get scratched . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kp1095 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Georgetown to Loon Lake then down to Placerville. Especially since about 3 years ago when it was repaved and widened. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Start off of Hwy 116 by the Russian River. North on Cazadero Hwy which turns into King Ridge Rd., when the road T's, it's up to you to get back to PCH. Lots of great roads with little to no traffic. Beautiful scenery too. Last time I did it, I think I saw like 5 cars in 60 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Georgetown to Loon Lake then down to Placerville. Especially since about 3 years ago when it was repaved and widened. K That is Wentworth Springs Road I do a couple drives on that a year with other Subaru folks... I think im going to go for a drive on it tommorow if its not snowed in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 3 GT Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Mosquito Ridge Road in Forestville a favorite among motorcycle riders, but real fun with in any car that has great handling.... did it a couple times with a group... was best when it snowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbreak gt Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Start off of Hwy 116 by the Russian River. North on Cazadero Hwy which turns into King Ridge Rd., when the road T's, it's up to you to get back to PCH. Lots of great roads with little to no traffic. Beautiful scenery too. Last time I did it, I think I saw like 5 cars in 60 miles. Nice drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Mosquito Ridge Road in Forestville If you keep going past the resevoir at the end of Mosquito ridge, you can drive for awhile and eventually run into Wentworth Springs road and get to do both great roads in the same trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrational Exuberance Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Coleman Vally road connecting Occidental to hwy1. fort ross rd is a good one too "i like my women the way i like terrorists... ...screaming gods name and ready to explode." http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5479/troy3nu5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed32 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 South on Highway 1 from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz is always fun, and 1 south of Carmel to Big Sur is awesome. i love the drive on 1 along the coast. last time i went in my Z they were doing a lot of road construction though... one of my favorite drives, although it's a short one, is Redwood rd from castro valley to skyline. then grizzly peak rd has some pretty nice views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighterfireku Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 hwy 9 from saratoga to hwy 35. and from there you can north south or west. It's all fun. Here is a cool road I drove last week while on Kuaui in Hawaii. Too bad it was in a rental minivan and not my XT. It's Waimea Canyon Road. http://www.iamku.com/gallery/trips/2006-11-15_kuaui/IMG_2704_800.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16psibrick Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 if you want a taste of WRC style of road, check out quimby road in san jose, get off capitol expressway exit EAST off 101, turn right onto quimby, then just keep on going, a coupla miles later it starts to wind up into the hills, very narrow, VERY twisty, and vERY steep, combined means on some hairpin uphill turns, you are almost in danger of scraping the sidekit on the ground, and may spin a coupla tires... NO cops highly suggest going at night, for two reasons: 1. the road is narrow enough and with enough completely blind corners that its much better if you can see headlights coming 2. when you get to the top of the hill, you can get a nice night view of greater san jose you dont need to drive fast to enjoy the road, if yo can maintain a steady 40mph you will feel pretty scared lol also no cell phone coverage up there so perhaps best to take a friend so if you roll off the side of the mountain, he can call 911 quimby turns into mt. hamilton which even tually winds back down and you can get back onto 680 via alumrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed32 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 quimby's cool but a little too bumpy and steep for my liking. but the drive uphill once you reach mt hamilton rd is pretty nice going all the way up to the observatory. just watch for rocks on the road cuz it can get kinda slippery. and keep an eye out for the occasional deer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16psibrick Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 i did say WRC style b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danHA Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I'm new to NorCal. We should put together a drive / meet. I'd like to see some of these routes. I'm fairly new to NorCal also. Let's put together a run/meet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I think wentworth is snowed in by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Anyone ever drive to Eureka...WOW incredible! I think it was highway 46...they just did the roads up there so it's nice and smooth. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Winding Way between Sunrise and Hazel in Citrus Heights. (part of my daily drive) HEY! I know that road! My parents live in Fair Oaks so I'm over there all the time. Too bad that road is so short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 And in the middle of Sacramento... I wouldnt exactly call winding way a good road to take a drive on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSix Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 And in the middle of Sacramento... I wouldn't exactly call winding way a good road to take a drive on I think your original message said "housing area" instead of "Sacramento". Heh, guess you just changed it . Besides, I don't scream around the twisties, I just appreciate it as part of my daily commute. Give a man a beer, and he'll waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and he'll waste a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleiad7 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Anyone ever drive to Eureka...WOW incredible! I think it was highway 46...they just did the roads up there so it's nice and smooth. WOW Humboldt County has some of the greatest backroads in Northern California! Here's one of my favorites... http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/SubaruForester/p10202946jr.jpg http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y208/SubaruForester/p10202920bm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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