MotoRevRoute Twisty Staff Pick
Caesars Head (US 276)
Travelers Rest to Brevard
- Distance
- 38 mi
- Riding Time
- 1h 05m
- Climb
- 3,294 ft
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- April through November.
- Fuel
- Fill up in Travelers Rest or Brevard. There is no fuel on the climb.
- Watch For
- A very tight hairpin, steep grades, gravel, and cars stopping at the overlook.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
US 276 crosses the upstate farmland from Travelers Rest, then climbs the Blue Ridge Escarpment in a steep run of switchbacks, including a tight hairpin below Caesars Head. The overlook at Caesars Head State Park faces south over the Piedmont. Past the state line the road continues through forest to Brevard, North Carolina.
Stops
- StartTravelers Rest
- FinishBrevard
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