{
  "name": "Serra do Rio do Rastro",
  "slug": "serra-do-rio-do-rastro",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/serra-do-rio-do-rastro/",
  "summary": "Brazil's most celebrated driving road: a wall of stacked hairpin bends scaling the Serra Geral escarpment through Atlantic Forest, rising 944 m from the coastal plain to the high plateau, the country's answer to the Stelvio.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "SC-390"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Brazil",
    "region": "Serra Geral, Santa Catarina",
    "start": {
      "name": "Lauro Müller",
      "lat": -28.390183,
      "lon": -49.516469
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Bom Jardim da Serra",
      "lat": -28.401481,
      "lon": -49.55194
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 4.7,
    "lengthKm": 7.6,
    "driveMinutes": 12,
    "corners": 48,
    "hairpins": 11,
    "maxGradientPercent": 17,
    "summitMetres": 1408.9,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "demanding",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 10
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Hundreds of hairpin bends",
    "Steep gradients up to 11.5%",
    "Frequent mist and low cloud",
    "Slow trucks",
    "Motorcyclists"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest",
    "valley"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Mirante do Poste 55",
    "Vista da Serra do Rio do Rastro",
    "Mirante Norte"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 80
  },
  "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"
}