Guide book or website about steep/twisted/rough roads?
Is there a guide to tell me where the road ahead will have a steep grade? Or will not be recommended for a long class a or fifth wheel? Or be too rough to drive?
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lbrjet wrote:
... Traveled yesterday from Wellsboro, PA to Saugerties, NY and Google wanted us to go down a two mile stretch of road at a 13% grade. No thanks.
Bet you are referring to Plate Cove Rd at the Saugerties end.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wellsboro,+PA+to+Saugerties,+NY&saddr=Wellsboro,+PA&daddr=Saugerties,+NY&hl=en&ll=42.128657,-74.072828&spn=0.015755,0.039096&sll=47.272986,-120.882277&sspn=3.659989,10.008545&geocode=FcwIfQIdznxk-yl1Eke-HyzOiTGIw65l-ztc3g%3BFZcNggIdb5GX-ym70eB58wjdiTHWOmGCny3l1w&t=p&z=15&layer=c&cbll=42.128597,-74.073135&panoid=0Y_vQsGT-4hBaiRozhcskA&cbp=12,270,,0,0.1
That drop is quite obvious when terrain mode is turned on. This looks like the sharpest rim bordering the Hudson Valley.
The alternative route using NY17 and 52 enters the Valley in a gentler way. But you are asking for a route over or around the Catskill Mtns.
Usually asking for the quickest route avoids these minor roads because they are slow. But in this case it was enough shorter going over the mountains that the choice made the top list.
