Palomar & North County driving roads
5 roads, 43 miles and 222 counted bends, ordered by degrees of turning per mile.
- Palomar South Grade · S6The switchback climb up the face of Palomar Mountain from Highway 76, the road the whole mountain is known for.
- Couser Canyon RoadA tight back road through the avocado country between Valley Center and the Highway 76 corridor.
- Palomar East Grade · S7The longer, more open descent off Palomar Mountain toward Lake Henshaw, usually driven as the other half of the loop.
- Mesa Grande RoadA narrow ranch-country link between Santa Ysabel and Lake Henshaw, tight in places and open in others.
- Highland Valley RoadThe rolling connector between Escondido and Ramona, through avocado groves and low hills.