Wolf Pen Gap Road: North Georgia
The 11-mile western section of Georgia Highway 180 between Suches and the US 19/129 concurrency, a favorite of the North Georgia riding community. The road continues east as a separate named section (Bald Mountain Road) after the concurrency, not mapped here.
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Check current Georgia road conditions before a trip; mountain sections can ice over in winter. Check current access ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-16
Planning the drive
Wolf Pen Gap Road is specifically the western 11.2-mile section of Georgia Highway 180, from Suches to where it merges into a concurrency with US 19/129. GA 180 continues east from there as a separately named section (Bald Mountain Road) that isn't mapped here — a good example of how one state route number can cover roads with genuinely different names and identities along its length. 63 bends and 4 full switchbacks make this a flowing, technical road rather than a switchback-heavy one. Motorcycle Cruiser: Georgia's State Route 180, Wolf Pen Gap Road ↗
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Driving notes updated .
Road shape
- Length
- 11.2 mi
- Bends
- 63
- Switchbacks
- 4
- Bends per mile
- 5.6
- Turning per mile
- 529°
- Curviest rank
- 58of 141
Measured from the OpenStreetMap centreline at a 20 m sampling step — road shape only, not a safety or speed judgement. How bends are counted.
Elevation
- Total climb
- 2,443ft
- Climb per mile
- 218ft
- Highest point
- 3,304ft
- Steepest grade
- 7.4%
Sampled every 100 m from USGS 10 m elevation data, a public-domain federal dataset. Total climb counts vertical change in both directions, so it does not depend on which way you drive. How elevation is measured.
Speed limits
Varies
Unverified
Check posted signs along the road.
OpenStreetMap tags this section at 35 mph, but this project does not treat OSM tags alone as a verified source. Follow posted signs.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 2/3 (Winding) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Technical” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- Motorcycle Cruiser: Georgia's State Route 180, Wolf Pen Gap Road ↗
- Wikipedia: Georgia State Route 180 ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (4 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-16. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.
Roads nearby
Distances are approximate straight lines between road centers, not driving distances or direct connections.