Mountain pass · North Carolina

Mount Sterling Gap by motorcycle

Mount Sterling Gap tops out at 3,901 ft (1,189 m) in North Carolina. It is the 7th 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
3,901 ft (1,189 m)
Location
North Carolina, United States
Road surface
Unpaved (dirt or gravel)
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
35.7004, -83.0975
Sources
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 Mount Sterling Gap

The web route planner opens with Mount Sterling 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.

Plan a loop over Mount Sterling Gap

Passes near Mount Sterling Gap

Mount Sterling Gap in the Motoseyir app

Mount Sterling 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.