Summit Drive
Usa, north-america
1.6 km
3,000 m
moderate
Year-round
Summit Drive is a short mountain road located in Mono County in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, climbing up to 3.000m (9,842ft) above the sea level. It’s
one of the highest mountain roads of California.
The road is 1 mile long heading north from
. It’s mostly paved. It is subject to winter snowfalls with such a high summit altitude.
The road to Blair Mountain in Colorado is a chillout in high mountains
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Road Details
- Country
- Usa
- Continent
- north-america
- Length
- 1.6 km
- Max Elevation
- 3,000 m
- Difficulty
- moderate
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