{
  "name": "Mount Buffalo Road",
  "slug": "mount-buffalo-road",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/mount-buffalo-road/",
  "summary": "A historic hairpin climb from Porepunkah onto the granite-tor plateau of Mount Buffalo, engineered in 1908.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "C535"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Australia",
    "region": "Victorian Alps",
    "start": {
      "name": "Porepunkah",
      "lat": -36.699801,
      "lon": 146.908409
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Mount Buffalo plateau (chalet / Lake Catani)",
      "lat": -36.766618,
      "lon": 146.780394
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 20.8,
    "lengthKm": 33.5,
    "driveMinutes": 44,
    "corners": 40,
    "hairpins": 7,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 1544,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 6
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Tight hairpins with limited overtaking",
    "Winter ice and snow",
    "Rock debris and cyclists on the climb"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest",
    "valley"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Mackeys Lookout",
    "Torpedo Rock",
    "Leviathan"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 408
  },
  "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"
}