Malibu / Santa Monica Mountains driving roads
18 roads, 126 miles and 736 counted bends, ordered by degrees of turning per mile.
- Tuna Canyon RoadA steep, tight descent off the Saddle Peak ridge toward the coast. The lower part is one-way southbound.
- Latigo Canyon RoadA tight canyon climb from the Pacific Coast Highway up to the Kanan Dume ridge, turning almost continuously through the coastal side of the Santa Monica Mountains.
- Yerba Buena / Little SycamoreA winding western extension from the coast through Yerba Buena and Little Sycamore, crossing the Ventura County boundary.
- Corral Canyon RoadA steep dead-end climb from the Pacific Coast Highway up a Malibu ridge, with switchbacks and ocean views on both sides near the top.
- Decker Road · SR 23The coastal climb of SR 23 from the Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Highway, narrow and steep through the western Santa Monica Mountains.
- Las Flores Canyon RoadA narrow canyon climb inland from PCH. This trace follows Las Flores itself, without a gated Rambla Pacifico shortcut.
- Piuma RoadA ridge road above Malibu Canyon, climbing east toward Rambla Pacifico with the canyon falling away on one side.
- Deer Creek RoadThe steepest paved climb in the Santa Monica Mountains, rising narrow and fast from the coast at the Los Angeles and Ventura county line.
- Old Topanga Canyon RoadThe narrow older road through the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, running from Topanga Canyon Boulevard up to Mulholland Highway.
- Mulholland Highway · Malibu mountainsThe western Mulholland Highway, linking the canyon roads between Decker Road and Kanan Dume Road across the ridge behind the Malibu coast.
- Schueren / Saddle Peak connectorThe connector that actually joins Stunt Road to the Piuma ridge, with a Saddle Peak branch running out toward Tuna Canyon.
- Stunt RoadA short mountain link from Mulholland Highway up to Schueren Road, climbing the ridge above Calabasas in close bends.
- Topanga Canyon Boulevard · SR 27The canyon corridor from PCH through Topanga village to Mulholland Drive. Village traffic and roadworks interrupt the mountain sections.
- Mulholland Highway · The SnakeThe tightest stretch of Mulholland Highway, between Cornell Road and Las Virgenes Road — a run of switchbacks a couple of miles east of the Rock Store.
- Encinal Canyon RoadA western canyon connection inland from the Pacific Coast Highway to Mulholland Highway, more open than the canyons either side of it.
- Kanan Dume RoadA main connection from PCH into the western canyon network, with broad hillside sections and tighter bends.
- Malibu Canyon / Las VirgenesA winding coast-to-inland corridor through Malibu Canyon, continuing as Las Virgenes Road toward US 101.
- Pacific Coast Highway · MalibuThe Malibu coast run of Highway 1, from Topanga Canyon Boulevard west toward Yerba Buena Road, through beach towns and open coastal stretches.