{
  "name": "Route du Volcan",
  "slug": "route-du-volcan",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/route-du-volcan/",
  "summary": "A 23 km forestry road that traverses three alien worlds in succession, cattle pasture, wind-blasted moorland and a stark lava plain, ending at the caldera rim of Piton de la Fournaise, one of the most active volcanoes on earth.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "RF5"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "France",
    "region": "Réunion",
    "start": {
      "name": "Bourg-Murat",
      "lat": -21.209922,
      "lon": 55.584376
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Pas de Bellecombe",
      "lat": -21.224273,
      "lon": 55.684952
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 14,
    "lengthKm": 22.5,
    "driveMinutes": 33,
    "corners": 106,
    "hairpins": 6,
    "maxGradientPercent": 13,
    "summitMetres": 2371,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 8
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "autumn",
      "winter",
      "spring"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {
    "hasUnpavedSection": true
  },
  "hazards": [
    "Access prohibited during active eruptions",
    "Ice at Pas des Sables on winter mornings",
    "Final 6 km unsealed volcanic scoria",
    "Rapid fog at altitude",
    "Cyclone-season damage"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "moorland",
    "mountain"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Nez de Boeuf",
    "Table Paysagère La Plaine des Remparts"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 187
  },
  "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": "2026-08-03"
}