{
  "name": "Mount Equinox Skyline Drive",
  "slug": "mount-equinox-skyline-drive",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/mount-equinox-skyline-drive/",
  "summary": "The longest privately owned paved toll road in the US, climbing 5.2 miles of hairpins up Mount Equinox above Manchester, Vermont.",
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "Vermont",
    "start": {
      "name": "Sunderland (Route 7A)",
      "lat": 43.117323,
      "lon": -73.113476
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Mount Equinox summit",
      "lat": 43.165931,
      "lon": -73.117758
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 5,
    "lengthKm": 8,
    "driveMinutes": 12,
    "corners": 40,
    "hairpins": 0,
    "maxGradientPercent": 9,
    "summitMetres": 1169.1,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "demanding",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 7
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {
    "toll": true
  },
  "hazards": [
    "Steep grades with sheer wooded drop-offs",
    "Hairpins shared with descending traffic",
    "Fog and high wind near the summit"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest",
    "valley"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Monastery Overlook",
    "Equinox Mountain"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 75
  },
  "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"
}