The Copper Basin

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81.2 km

Length

+1,466 m

Ascent

−1,251 m

Descent

545 m

Highest point

Hairpins

12.9%

Max gradient

1h 48min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 545 m

20 °C clearsky

wind 4 m/s · clouds 0%

At the start

21 °C clearsky

wind 4 m/s · clouds 0%

	Min	Max	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	16 °C	20 °C	4 m/s	clearsky
Friday 23 Oct	7 °C	20 °C	4 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	9 °C	20 °C	5 m/s	clearsky

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:47 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Lowland or coastal road
Surface: asphalt 27%

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Ascent

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Elevation profile

What does The Copper Basin look like?

Ducktown-mine-collapse-tn1 · Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0

Copper Basin High School in in Copperhill, Tennessee and Polk County 04 · Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0

Stickley-house-tn1 · Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Madisonville

35.51454, -84.37507

Finish

Ducktown

35.03110, -84.38058

Along the road

Fuel

Marathon 0.5 km · 305 m

Sunoco 3.7 km · 315 m

Shell 74.3 km · 489 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.5 km to 74.3 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Pizza Hut 0.9 km · 298 m

Rod's Rockin Rolls 73.3 km · 530 m

Mountain huts

5 unnamed places along the road, from 21.6 km to 21.6 km.