MotoRevRoute Twisty Staff Pick
The Rattler (NC 209)
Hot Springs to Lake Junaluska
- Distance
- 36 mi
- Riding Time
- 1h 03m
- Climb
- 4,491 ft
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- April through October.
- Fuel
- Fuel is sparse along NC 209. Fill up in Hot Springs, Waynesville or near Lake Junaluska.
- Watch For
- Blind curves, farm equipment, gravel washed onto the road and wildlife.
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.
NC 209 runs from Hot Springs, an Appalachian Trail town on the French Broad River, south through the Spring Creek valley toward Lake Junaluska. Riders call it The Rattler for the way it coils through the hills. It is quiet, rural and full of linked curves with little traffic.
Stops
- StartHot Springs
- FinishLake Junaluska
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