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Big Bend Country

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 17

Balmorhea

Marfa

61

 

Gold Wing World

SR 54

Junction US 62

Van Horn

55

Northbound, there is an marvellous view for miles of the imposing Guadalupe Mountains ahead

Scenic Roads in the USA

SR 118

Kent

Boquillas del Carmen

200

Although the road reaches a fair altitude and has quite a number of bends, traffic is very light and driving is easy

Scenic Roads in the USA

SR 163

Ozona

Comstock

83

 

 

SR 166

Junction SR 118

Fort Davis

43

 

Gold Wing World

SR 349

Sheffield

Dryden

59

Scenic rolling hills with lots of Yucca plants and canyons

 

US 62

El Paso

Junction SR 54

98

 

 

US 67

Marfa

Presidio

62

 

Gold Wing World

US 90

Marfa

San Antonio

383

 

Gold Wing World

US 285

Fort Stockton

Sanderson

64

 

Gold Wing World

US 385

Marathon

Panther Junction

68

Enjoy the natural beauty of the Chihuahan Desert

Gold Wing World

RR 170

Presidio

Study Butte

67

Follows the Rio Grande in a rollercoaster fashion. Presents grand views of the river and the surrounding mountains

Gold Wing World

Basin Drive

Junction SR 118

The Basin

7

climbs from the high desert at Big Bend National Park headquarters into the cooler, wooded peaks of the Chisos Mountains. The road is steep and winding

 

Castolon Road

Junction SR 118

Castolon

31

one of the most scenic roads in Texas… The drive begins in the western foothills of the Chisos Mountains and winds down to the valley of the Rio Grande

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panhandle Plains

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 16

Graham

Brad

38

This is a very nice scenic road that meanders around Possum Kingdom Lake. Along with beautiful vistas of the lake, you ride through canyon type cutouts of the road. A very nice road to cruise around and check out the nice scenery all around the lake area

 

SR 70

Turkey

Dickens

56

 

 

SR 86

Silverton

Turkey

32

 

 

SR 207

Stinnett

Silverton

100

 

 

US 60

Pampa

Canadian

49

This road goes from flat farmland to canyon breaks with good wide curves and nice elevation changes. A rare find in this flat part of the panhandle

 

US 83

Perryton

Brownsville

915

US Highway 83 is one of the longest north-south US Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles. It is known as ‘The Road to Nowhere’.

 

FM 651

Crosbyton

Post

38

 

 

RR 656/94

Turkey

Matador

46

This is a nice isolated road with a good number of high speed curves. It’s one of the better motorcycle roads in this flat part of the world

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hill Country

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 16

Llano

Bandera

101

 

Good Motorcycle Roads

SR 39

Junction US 83

Ingram

36

 

 

SR 55

Rocksprings

Camp Wood

30

Drops 800 feet in 30 miles

 

SR 163

Ozona

Comstock

83

 

 

SR 290

Sheffield

I-10, X343

20

Be sure to stop at road side park before Fort Lancaster to take in the view

 

US 83

Perryton

Brownsville

915

US Highway 83 is one of the longest north-south US Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles. It is known as ‘The Road to Nowhere’.

 

US 87

Fredericksburg

Comfort

23

 

 

US 90

Marfa

San Antonio

383

 

Gold Wing World

US 183

Briggs

Cedar Park

28

 

North American Sportbike Road Registry

FM 152

Junction US 87

Llano

28

Two lane twisty that follows the south bank of the Llano River. Has some low water crossings that are usually dry during summer but be careful after sudden rain storms.

 

FM 580

San Saba

Lampasas

38

 

Gold Wing World

FM 965

Fredericksburg

Junction SR 16

26

Scenic and twisty, riding north the best path to see the Enchanted Rock State Park

 

FM 1174

Junction FM 963

Junction FM 1431

24

1174 is a nice twisty. Interesting pulloffs to look at terrain and enough turns and dips to classify as a dance

 

FM 1473

Marble Falls

Cedar Park

38

Nice sweeping high speed turns, elevation changes, awesome scenery

North American Sportbike Road Registry

FM 2323

Llano

Hilltop

34

Nice sweepers & lots of Bluebonnets in Spring

 

FM 2657

Copperas Cove

Briggs

18

Watch out for water in the road from boat trailers during the summer

North American Sportbike Road Registry

RR 187

Junction SR 39

Utopia

31

Scenic ride through hill country

 

RR 335

Junction SR 41

Barksdale

31

One of the ‘3 Twisted Sisters’ in the Hill Country

 

RR 336

Leaky

Junction SR 41

27

Great ride and very scenic. Southern part twisty. Watch for deer, live stock and cattle guards

 

RR 337

Camp Wood

Medina

58

This is a great twisty road

 

RR 470

Utopia

Bandera

29

Beautiful hills and valleys but the wonderful curves will make you keep your eyes on the road.

 

RR 674

Rocksprings

Brackettville

58

Excellent twisty / hilly road with beautiful scenery.”

 

RR 1050

Rio Frio

Utopia

15

 

 

RR 2005

Goldthwaite

Hamilton

33

 

 

Cain City Road / Old 9 Highway

Cain

Junction RR 473

17

No centerline, historic road following an old rail line. Historic markers, geocache sites. Lightly trafficed, inconsistent pavement, off camber decreasing radius blind corners, drop offffffs, juuuuumps, low water crossings, and old railroad grade crossings.

 

Cow Creek Road

Lago Vista

Junction FM 1174

9

a great road if you like a challenge.

 

Lime Creek Road

Cedar Park

Volente

11

Road bordering Lake Travis, very technical, tight decreasing radius turns, elevation changes, off camber

Gold Wing World

River Road

Sattler

New Braunfels

13

it offers spectacular views and crosses the river several times

Gold Wing World

Willow City Loop

Junction SR 16

Willow City

13

Twisty. Best wildflowers in the state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prairies & Lakes

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 16

Graham

Brad

38

Along with beautiful vistas of the lake, you ride through canyon type cutouts of the road.

 

SR 22

Hamilton

Meridian

33

Nice ride – a bit windy and bright day

 

SR 56

Glen Rose

Valley Mills

64

 

Biker Roads

SR 75

Streetman

Conroe

134

 

 

SR 237

Burton

La Grange

24

 

 

SR 377

Lake Texoma

Denton

54

Very nice road to cruise on. Goes through some nice horse country, up to Lake Texoma

 

FM 4

Jacksboro

Cleburne

110

Twisty and some hills. Fun road to ride

Good Motorcycle Roads

FM 51

Granbury

Chalk Mountain

24

 

 

FM 66

Waxahachie

Itasca

27

Asphalt road with lots of scenic views

 

FM 149

Montgomery

Erwin

33

blackland prairie through the thick pine forests of the Sam Houston National Forest

 

FM 157

Mansfield

Venus

10

Fairly decent road, but I’m afraid the pavement quality is no longer that great

 

FM 166

Caldwell

College Station

16

A good riding road, if you don’t mind the occasional farm animal or slow moving truck

Good Motorcycle Roads

FM 219

Dublin

Clifton

63

 

Gold Wing World

FM 362

Navasota

Junction FM 1488

15

Lots of twisties.

 

FM 390

Burton

Junction SR 105

30

Very scenic, gentle rolling hills, and nice sweeping curves.

 

FM 455

Montague

Westminister

94

sweeps and long hilling straights

North American Sportbike Road Registry

FM 466

Seguin

Cost

31

Scenic and sweeping

 

FM 532

Gonzales

Moultan

19

Scenic and sweeping

 

FM 677

Saint Jo

Illinois Bend

18

Absolutely stunning scenery with nice turns about

 

FM 696

Elgin

Dime Box

36

 

 

FM 697

Sherman

Whitewright

16

Great twisty and sweeping turns. Road is a little rough.

 

FM 730

Forestburg

Decatur

17

 

Biker Roads

FM 917

Godley

Mansfield

30

It has continuous twisties

Good Motorcycle Roads

FM 1189 / 1188

Lipan

Bluff Dale

20

A great well paved country road with many turns

 

FM 1458

Pattison

Wallis

21

Sweepng turns with some twisty sections

 

FM 1736

Hempstead

Prairie View

18

Scenic country road with sweeping turns and rolling hills

 

FM 2123

Bridgeport

Junction SR 51

17

Nice road with sweeping turns.

 

FM 2127

Newport

Chico

15

Fun and scenic ride through north Texas farm lands

 

FM 2481

Bluff Dale

Duffau

21

A pleasurable country road with some ups and downs to add to the long sweepers.

 

FM 3090

Navasota

Carlos

18

Twisty. Very Twisty. Lots of S curves, some sweepers.

 

FM 2005

Goldthwaite

Hamilton

33

 

Biker Roads

OSR Highway

Junction SR 21

Midway

63

It has sweeping turns through creek bottoms with some hill panoramas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piney Woods

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 21

Alto

Crockett

34

Scenic Piney Woods with mostly sweeping turns but some tight ones.

 

SR 75

Streetman

Conroe

134

 

 

SR 87

Center

Orange

145

 

 

SR 294

Elkhart

Alto

32

Really very pretty pine forest with sweeping turns and hills.

 

US 59

Marshall

Lufkin

100

 

 

I-20

Terrell

Marshall

118

 

 

FM 19

Frankston

Neches

14

A ride through big hardwood forests,

 

FM 149

Montgomery

Erwin

33

blackland prairie through the thick pine forests of the Sam Houston National Forest

 

FM 225

Henderson

Nacogdoches

54

Hilly and twisting. Limited line of sight because of trees

 

FM 226

Nacogdoches

Etoile

24

This is a very nice road to just cruise on, and an excellent road for sportbikes to carve the turns on.

 

FM 250

Marietta

Lone Star

24

Nice twisty turns and scenic. Some 10 mph curves

 

FM 256

Woodville

 

28

Short straight-aways, sweeping curves and twistys, not to mention a few soft rolling hills.

 

FM 314 / 315

Edom

Palestine

47

This is a narrow twisty road with hills and a few sweepers

 

FM 322

Palestine

Elkhart

14

there are twisties and scenic views

 

FM 343

Rusk

Nacogdoches

37

It has sweeping turns, tight turns, including one or two 90° turns, hills, and beautiful forest scenery.

 

FM 357

Kennard

Wakefield

33

Sweeping turns, rolling hills and wide open straights in the Piney Woods.

 

FM 729

Lone Star

Jefferson

23

Some tight turns, some sweepers, nice scenery.

 

FM 768

Jacksonville

Rusk

17

Great sweepers second half, tight twisties the first half

 

FM 837

Tennessee Colony

Frankston

33

Great vistas and long sweeping curves

 

FM 850

Tyler

Overton

20

Short and peaceful with plenty of turns AND open straights

 

FM 852

Winnsboro

Gilmer

28

Fun run with changing elevations and some tight turns and fast sweepers.

 

FM 1414

Burkeville

Newton

16

woodsy, hilly, and very twisty.

 

FM 1374

Huntsville

New Waverly

20

Really nice road up through the country with lots of nice vistas and scenery

 

FM 1375

Junction FM 149

New Waverly

16

through the thick pine forests of the Sam Houston National Forest

 

FM 1725

Old Waverly

Cleveland

21

Very nice up thru the National Wildlife Refugee

 

FM 2961

Cayuga

Bradford

13

smooth asphalt road & scenery starts better than average to breathtakingly beautiful

 

Honea-Egypt Road

Honea

Egypt

8

15 mph curves one after another, with elevation changes, and plenty of chance to drag knee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brush Country

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

US 83

Perryton

Brownsville

915

US Highway 83 is one of the longest north-south US Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles. It is known as ‘The Road to Nowhere’.

 

US 90

Marfa

San Antonio

383

 

Gold Wing World

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gulf Coast

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 48

Brownsville

Port Isabel

21

 

 

US 83

Perryton

Brownsville

915

US Highway 83 is one of the longest north-south US Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles. It is known as ‘The Road to Nowhere’.

 

FM 1489

Brookshire

Simonton

10

Nice back county scenic road with some sweeping turns

 

FM 3005

Galveston

Surfside Beach

41

Nice ride. There is also $2 toll bridge. Lotsa beach homes to see

 

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