{
  "name": "Biokovo Road",
  "slug": "biokovo-road",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/biokovo-road/",
  "summary": "Croatia's highest road, and it earns the title: 22 km of single-lane hairpins from the gate above Makarska to the summit car park by the Sveti Jure transmitter, the Adriatic falling away below. The glass Skywalk halfway up is just the warm-up.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Croatia",
    "region": "Split-Dalmatia County",
    "start": {
      "name": "Makarska",
      "lat": 43.257829,
      "lon": 17.080616
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Sveti Jure",
      "lat": 43.3421,
      "lon": 17.053358
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 14,
    "lengthKm": 22.5,
    "driveMinutes": 34,
    "corners": 27,
    "hairpins": 16,
    "maxGradientPercent": 12,
    "summitMetres": 1725.6,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "expert",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 9
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Single-lane oncoming traffic",
    "Unprotected sheer drops",
    "Timed gate access"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "coast"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Spomenik partizanskim pomorskim vezama",
    "Planinska kuća Pod javorom",
    "Skywalk"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 308
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}