Thornton Gap by motorcycle
Thornton Gap tops out at 2,461 ft (750 m) in Virginia. It is the 2nd 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
- 2,461 ft (750 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
- 38.6607, -78.3198
- 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 Thornton Gap
The web route planner opens with Thornton 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 Thornton Gap
- Fishers Gap 10 mi SW · 3,064 ft
- New Market Gap 16 mi W · 1,808 ft
- Swift Run Gap 24 mi SW · 2,365 ft
- Brocks Gap 29 mi W · 1,073 ft
- Ashby Gap 31 mi NE · 1,027 ft
- Snickers Gap 40 mi NE · 1,056 ft
Thornton Gap in the Motoseyir app
Thornton 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.