Newfound Gap by motorcycle
Newfound Gap tops out at 5,049 ft (1,539 m) in Tennessee. It is the highest of the 3 passes in Tennessee 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
- 5,049 ft (1,539 m)
- Location
- Tennessee, 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
- 35.6110, -83.4253
- 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 Newfound Gap
The web route planner opens with Newfound 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 Newfound Gap
- Polls Gap 15 mi E · 5,128 ft
- Soco Gap 17 mi SE · 4,341 ft
- Mount Sterling Gap 19 mi E · 3,901 ft
- Davenport Gap 21 mi NE · 2,028 ft
- Balsam Gap 23 mi SE · 3,317 ft
- Stecoah Gap 24 mi SW · 3,166 ft
Newfound Gap in the Motoseyir app
Newfound 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.