The best motorcycle roads in Pennsylvania

Plenty of roads in Pennsylvania go from A to B. These ones take the scenic way around every hill, creek and bluff. We checked 280 of them.

The headliners

Texter Mountain Road

Near Millcreek Township. 6.2 miles, about 10 minutes at a relaxed pace.

Twistiness: ●●●○○ Properly twisty

Snow Hill Road

Near Porter Township. 9.7 miles, about 15 minutes at a relaxed pace.

Twistiness: ●●●○○ Properly twisty

French Creek Road

Near East Providence Township. 6.3 miles, about 10 minutes at a relaxed pace.

Twistiness: ●●●○○ Properly twisty

Noblestown Road

Near Collier Township. 6.3 miles, about 10 minutes at a relaxed pace.

Twistiness: ●●●○○ Properly twisty

West Mattie Road

Near West Providence Township. 6.9 miles, about 10 minutes at a relaxed pace.

Twistiness: ●●●○○ Properly twisty

When you want to settle in

Not every ride is about hairpins. These are longer paved roads that keep twisting the whole way, good for a long cruise where you can find a rhythm.

• Welcome Lake Road, near Lackawaxen Township: 18 miles
• Clear Ridge Road, near Mann Township: 18 miles
• West Newton Road, near Hempfield Township: 17 miles

How we picked them

We looked at the shape of every named paved road in Pennsylvania and measured how much each one bends along its length. Then we ranked them by bends per distance, so a short hairpin road and a long mountain highway are compared fairly. Gravel, tracks, residential streets and anything under about 6 miles are left out.

What this does not tell you: how nice the scenery is, how good the surface is, how busy the road gets, or whether it is closed for snow. Check before you go, especially in the mountains and in winter. Then ride it and see for yourself.

Turn it into a ride

Open the MotoRidez planner and link a few of these into a loop, or hit Surprise Me and let it pick a twisty route from wherever you are. Every ride you record is remembered, so next time it can send you down roads you have not tried yet.