Buffalo Gap by motorcycle
Buffalo Gap tops out at 1,781 ft (543 m) in Virginia. It is the 8th highest of the 12 passes in Virginia 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
- 1,781 ft (543 m)
- Location
- Virginia, 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
- 38.1869, -79.2395
- 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 Buffalo Gap
The web route planner opens with Buffalo 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 Buffalo Gap
- Goshen Pass 21 mi SW · 1,148 ft
- Rockfish Gap 23 mi SE · 1,903 ft
- Brocks Gap 38 mi NE · 1,073 ft
- Swift Run Gap 39 mi E · 2,365 ft
- New Market Gap 46 mi NE · 1,808 ft
- Fishers Gap 50 mi NE · 3,064 ft
Buffalo Gap in the Motoseyir app
Buffalo 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.