Driving Roads / Tail of the Dragon
Tail of the Dragon
It packs 318 curves into 11 miles with no intersecting roads or driveways, making it America's most famous sports-car and motorcycle road. It runs about 11 miles along US-129 at Deals Gap in Tennessee / North Carolina. Drive time: about 30 minutes one way.
Best time to go: Open all year; spring through fall is the main season, with fall color in the Smokies from late September.
Sources: Length · High point · Best time. Drive time is the route time for the mapped route without stops, from Mapbox.
What to track on Tail of the Dragon
Record the full 11-mile Deals Gap run and the whole line lands on your map, with the time and distance in your drive log. This is a smooth-cornering road, not a speed road.
The posted limit is 30 mph and the road is heavily patrolled; ride within your skill and stay in your lane on blind curves.
Record your run on Tail of the Dragon
Open Road keeps every drive: the route on a map, the time and the distance. On iPhone and Android.
Questions, answered
- How long is Tail of the Dragon?
- Tail of the Dragon runs about 11 miles along US-129 at Deals Gap. Drive time: about 30 minutes one way.
- Where is Tail of the Dragon?
- Tail of the Dragon is in Tennessee / North Carolina, following US-129 at Deals Gap.
- How high does Tail of the Dragon climb?
- The high point is 1,988 ft at Deals Gap.
- When is the best time to drive Tail of the Dragon?
- Open all year; spring through fall is the main season, with fall color in the Smokies from late September.
- What's the best app to track a drive on Tail of the Dragon?
- Open Road records the whole run and saves it to your drive log with the route, distance and drive time, and the road joins your map of every road you have driven. It is on iPhone and Android.