Craven Gap by motorcycle
Craven Gap tops out at 3,133 ft (955 m) in North Carolina. It is the 12th 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
- 3,133 ft (955 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
- 35.6479, -82.4916
- 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 Craven Gap
The web route planner opens with Craven 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 Craven Gap
- Bull Gap 2 mi NE · 3,107 ft
- Hickory Nut Gap 13 mi SE · 2,890 ft
- Newfound Gap 17 mi W · 5,049 ft
- Buck Creek Gap 20 mi NE · 3,402 ft
- Beech Gap 34 mi SW · 5,367 ft
- Mount Sterling Gap 34 mi W · 3,901 ft
Craven Gap in the Motoseyir app
Craven 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.