Reuben Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Post up your circuit, the road you go for a blast down when all you want to do is go for a drive. I was in just that mood this morning, so decided to do my favorite, in the GTB. It's really such a nice drive. This link should work: Ridge road, Albany (Auckland, New Zealand). And now with street view! Check out the view at point C. Also, a youtube vid of a part of albany heights road, taken at point G a couple of months ago. If you don't how to do this with google maps, find your road, and right click to add waypoints ("directions to here" and "from here"). Once done, click the URL button on the top right of the map, and copy-paste it to here to make a tiny URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyGT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Lincoln, CA to El Dorado Hills, CA Hwy 193 - Hwy 49 - Salmon Falls Road http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=lincoln,+ca&daddr=CA-193+to:Salmon+Falls+Rd+to:38.651198,-121.073456&hl=en&geocode=%3BFShwUQIdCqrG-A%3BFZQuTwIdZsTI-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2&sll=38.682294,-120.9375&sspn=0.579959,1.576538&ie=UTF8&ll=38.823661,-121.074829&spn=0.578812,1.576538&z=10 Slight Variation: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=lincoln,+ca&daddr=CA-193+to:38.883684,-121.161132+to:Salmon+Falls+Rd+to:El+Dorado+Hills+Blvd&hl=en&geocode=%3BFShwUQIdCqrG-A%3B%3BFZQuTwIdZsTI-A%3BFQzbTQId5JbI-A&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1,2,3&sll=38.88031,-121.15448&sspn=0.018074,0.049267&ie=UTF8&ll=38.784599,-121.126328&spn=0.289566,0.788269&z=11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I still haven't done this one...yet. But seems like fun. [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12[/ame] Here's a review from Pashnit. http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/MosquitoRidge.htm Only 600 turns in 36 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyGT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I still haven't done this one...yet. But seems like fun. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=For+Route+96%2FMosquito+Ridge+Rd&daddr=39.11549,-120.471675&hl=en&geocode=Fb9aUwIdZ4HM-A%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.115403,-120.473639&sspn=0.00263,0.004597&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066914,-120.676231&spn=0.168466,0.294228&z=12 Looks like it'd make most people pucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Wow those look like some nice roads! Makes NZ look like childs play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyBob Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Randle, WA to Carson, WA: [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Randle,+WA&daddr=Carson,+WA&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=39.066914,-120.676231&sspn=0.212714,0.445633&ie=UTF8&z=9]Randle, WA to Carson, WA - Google Maps[/ame] (it's a long one so zoom in for a more interesting view) Thanks NSFW for this one: [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Sultan+Basin+Rd&daddr=47.946476,-121.689806&hl=en&geocode=FYzz2gIdydS9-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=47.944838,-121.690149&sspn=0.022451,0.055618&ie=UTF8&z=15]Sultan Basin Rd to Sultan Basin Rd - Google Maps[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JER5EY Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 NJTpke NB, Philly to NYC @ 7am - bumper to bumper 85mph, w/ some of us hitting, well, can you say "Autobahn"? I went w/ and STi today, almost MM to MM, and beat my 100 mile trip time by another 4 mins... 80k in 20 mos... CHECK IT: Support the NJ State Police: http://www.njstfa.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyGT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 To add another: GMR http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Ranch+Road&daddr=34.218048,-117.825966+to:34.222164,-117.816954+to:Glendora+Mountain+Rd,+Glendora,+Los+Angeles,+California+91741&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3BFVQwCgIdhkH6-A%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1,2&sll=34.226706,-117.797298&sspn=0.06756,0.150547&ie=UTF8&ll=34.188234,-117.825623&spn=0.135182,0.301094&z=12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 GMR is good, but I heard there are Asian gangs ambushing people on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vduber Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Live in queens,NY so my local track is the LIE, but i have a blast when i go upstate through the twisties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyGT Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 GMR is good, but I heard there are Asian gangs ambushing people on the road. Good thing I live nowhere near there. Once I get my Ohlins or AST coilovers I'll be set to take them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTurabus Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/9z8snq Back when I lived in California, many years ago, I had occasion to drive this road, The Ortega Highway (which was the number one fatalities per mile road in the state). You go from about sea level over a mountain range about 5,000 high, then back down again, so the two dimensinal map does not do it justice. Most of the road is two lanes through canyon passes, with sheer rock outcroppings on one side, and vertical drop-offs of 200 to 500 feet on the other. Every weekend the jelly bean colored crotch rocket racers would run up and down in packs, making suicide passes around blind turns, occasionally going over the embankments, smashing into the mountain facing, or into the front of an oncoming car. Averaged about one fatality per weekend. Can't say whether this still happens, as again it has been years ago since I've lived there or driven (and ridden) on that road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siper2 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Waggoner's Gap Rd, between Caprivi and Bridgeport, PA. This is a stretch of several miles that follows Rt. 74. Beautiful scenery from the top, and a few really, really tight bends. One in particular, is more interesting as you head south (uphill). It's a 10-15mph bend that hairpins and then goes at a very steep incline. Feels like you're going straight up. [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=waggoner%27s+gap,+pa&sll=40.089391,-77.06972&sspn=0.011852,0.02738&g=404+Little+John+Dr,+Dillsburg,+PA+17019&ie=UTF8&ll=40.294323,-77.265301&spn=0.094533,0.21904&z=13]Google Maps[/ame] I'm a NH native, and a perennial favorite for all of us is the Kancamangus Highway, which runs between I-93 and Rt. 16/Spaulding Turnpike. [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kancamangus+highway,+nh&sll=40.294323,-77.265301&sspn=0.094533,0.21904&ie=UTF8&ll=44.004669,-71.332855&spn=0.35659,0.87616&z=11]Google Maps[/ame] They used to shut "The Kanc" down in the winter, for snowmobilers, but haven't for years. Kind of a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Favorite area: Roads around Blood Mountain in Georgia; Hwy129, GA180, GA60, GA74 to name a few, it's a great area. http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/north_georgia/union-county-scenic-driving-tour/images/gold_city_tours.jpg http://www.tailofthedragon.com/US129_trip/photos/blood_mtn_L.jpg A very good write up on the roads and sites is here: http://www.theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/north_georgia/union-county-scenic-driving-tour/ Second favorite area: Roads around Deal's Gap on the North Carolina/Tennesse boarder; Hwy129 (same 129 as in GA!), Hwy28, Cherola Skyway to name a few, it's another great area just usually more crowded than Blood Mountain. http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/poster2005.jpg Best "Dragon Loop" loop info: http://www.kickstandlodge.com/maps/kens_routes/wayah.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERLoft Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 My local loop day trip... deserts to mountains to beaches! Ending at Pizza Port for a couple of beers and great pizza... My old favorite Malibu drive... maybe not the Tail of the Dragon, but still damn good! About the only thing I miss about living in LA... 2013 █S4 - Glacier White - DSG - B&O - Tech Package - Sports Diff - Napa - RS4 Grille - Stasis Exhaust - APR Intake - KW Variant 1 - Stern Control Arms - CR-15 - Stasis RSB - Moog Endlinks - PC Hyper Black Peelers - Deval Front Lip - ECS Rear Diffuser - Carbon Imports Ducktail - ECS Mirror Caps - Relak Paddle Extensions - Autostyle Floor Mats - LED Interior - V1 - Blackvue DR900s - [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 damn you west coasters. I need someone in the boston area to speak up. I've been looking for a nice twisty drive to do, everything around here is straight lines. http://tinyurl.com/RIhome1 ... this is my drive at home. more of a scenic route than a twisty one. start at A and end at K, with a pit stop at the beach at F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonista Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 [ame=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Highland,+UT&daddr=Cascade+Springs,+UT&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=46.13029,-121.92398&sspn=0.987867,2.471924&ie=UTF8&ll=40.435973,-111.691818&spn=0.135622,0.30899&t=p&z=12]Highland, UT to Cascade Springs, UT - Google Maps[/ame] Teh twisties! American Fork Canyon, Utah... Amazing scenery the whole way. http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs35/i/2008/299/7/a/Legacy_glamour_shot_by_hali.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Randle, WA to Carson, WA: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Randle,+WA&daddr=Carson,+WA&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=39.066914,-120.676231&sspn=0.212714,0.445633&ie=UTF8&z=9 (it's a long one so zoom in for a more interesting view) Thanks NSFW for this one: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Sultan+Basin+Rd&daddr=47.946476,-121.689806&hl=en&geocode=FYzz2gIdydS9-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=47.944838,-121.690149&sspn=0.022451,0.055618&ie=UTF8&z=15 I've added some more to that second link. Click here. Google Maps shows Reiter Road coming to a dead end, but it actually goes through to Index, and you can get back onto US-2 there. Also, I'm going to propose this drive next summer for the PNW crew. South of Wilkeson it gets pretty cool. Also, this. A couple miles of that is dirt road, but it was smooth last time I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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