Balsam Gap by motorcycle
Balsam Gap tops out at 3,317 ft (1,011 m) in North Carolina. It is the 10th highest of the 14 passes in North Carolina on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.
At a glance
- Elevation
- 3,317 ft (1,011 m)
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 35.4340, -83.0778
- Sources
- Wikipedia · OpenStreetMap
Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.
Ride a loop over Balsam Gap
The web route planner opens with Balsam Gap as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.
Passes near Balsam Gap
- Soco Gap 6 mi NW · 4,341 ft
- Polls Gap 10 mi NW · 5,128 ft
- Beech Gap 13 mi SE · 5,367 ft
- Mount Sterling Gap 18 mi N · 3,901 ft
- Newfound Gap 20 mi NE · 5,049 ft
- Newfound Gap 23 mi NW · 5,049 ft
Balsam Gap in the Motoseyir app
Balsam Gap is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.
If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.
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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.