Route 16
Route 16 in VA, between Marion and Tazewell is an incredible piece of road. It’s as good (if not better than) the “Tail Of The Dragon” in NC/TN. The road surface is decent, there is little traffic, speed limits are not artificially low, as they are on the “Dragon”. This road is just now becoming famous with bike riders so get there early, before it get’s too commercialized. Someone has already dubbed it the “Back Of The Dragon”.
33 Miles long and 4 mountain peaks to cross.
Photo added by 3sum
I rode this stretch for the first time last July. I took an annual moto trip to SW VA (I normally stay at Willville on the BRP) and really liked this area. The northern half has fresh blacktop!
I almost stayed at Hungry Mother and after riding this, wished I had! A definite revisit is in order.
Photo is at the pullout a couple of miles in headed south.
Holy crazy rocks!!! Looks like a fun road when it’s clean. I’m going to add your photo to the main article. Post up more pix if you have them! Thx!
Luckily, this was a place we were planning on stopping at anyway (I was riding with guys that had been here before). It has a great view of the valley below. I have more pictures but don’t believe they’re of Hwy 16.
Here’s a couple more.
Nice classic Interceptor there!
We had two of them there. This was a get-together of our sagmag.org group. I had brought my Speed Triple though!
http://backofthedragon.com/