Mountain pass · North Carolina

Polls Gap by motorcycle

Polls Gap tops out at 5,128 ft (1,563 m) in North Carolina. It is the 2nd 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
5,128 ft (1,563 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
35.5632, -83.1621
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 Polls Gap

The web route planner opens with Polls 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 Polls Gap

Passes near Polls Gap

Polls Gap in the Motoseyir app

Polls 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.