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Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway
United States · NY-431
Engineered alpine highway ascending New York's 5th highest Adirondack peak. Sustained 8% grade with continuous hairpins and stone parapets, terminating at the historic stone Castle where riders can view Lake Champlain, Montreal, and the High Peaks.
Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway runs 8 miles between Wilmington, NY and Whiteface Summit Castle, NY. We count about 52 corners along it, which is consistently bendy. Demanding, and not a road to meet in the wet.
Tank-bag quick reference
- StartWilmington, NY44.3879, -73.8168
- High1,020 ft - 4,867 ft (Whiteface Summit)elevation range
- EndWhiteface Summit Castle, NY44.3658, -73.903
T-CLOCS before you go: tyres and wheels, controls and cables, lights and electrics, oil and fluids, chassis and stand.
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Questions riders ask
- How long does Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway take to ride?
- About 8 miles. At an unhurried pace with stops that is roughly 1 hour of riding, longer if you are stopping for photographs.
- Where does Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway start and end?
- It runs between Wilmington, NY and Whiteface Summit Castle, NY. Either end works as a start; the route reads the same in both directions.
- Is Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway a twisty road?
- We count about 52 corners across 8 miles, which is consistently bendy.
- Is there a GPX file for Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway?
- Yes. The GPX is free, there is no account, and the planner will build a route that includes this road alongside others nearby.
Where these numbers come from
Distances and corner counts come from the route's own geometry, not from ratings or votes. Nothing here is crowdsourced and nobody paid to appear.