{
  "name": "Milford Road",
  "slug": "milford-road",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/milford-road/",
  "summary": "Some 119 km from Te Anau through the glacier-carved Eglinton Valley, into the single-lane Homer Tunnel and down a 1-in-10 plunge to the fiord beneath Mitre Peak. Kea work the tunnel queue while you wait, the most New Zealand traffic jam there is.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "SH 94"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "New Zealand",
    "region": "Southland",
    "start": {
      "name": "Te Anau",
      "lat": -45.41038,
      "lon": 167.74018
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Milford Sound",
      "lat": -44.66824,
      "lon": 167.92728
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 72,
    "lengthKm": 115.9,
    "driveMinutes": 138,
    "corners": 140,
    "hairpins": 2,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 922.7,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 4
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Homer Tunnel single-lane",
    "Avalanche risk",
    "Kea damage parked cars",
    "Sudden alpine weather",
    "Winter closures",
    "Ice and snow"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "valley",
    "forest",
    "lakes",
    "coast"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Five Mile Lookout",
    "Mirror Lakes",
    "Milford Sound"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 631
  },
  "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"
}