Regional Roundup · 24 Races

Best Southeast Gravel Races for Spring 2026

24 Races Rated & Ranked · Published March 01, 2026

Looking for gravel races in the Southeast this spring? We found 24 events happening between March and May 2026, all rated by the Gravel God scoring system.

24 RacesAvg Score: 52/100T2 Elite: 5T3 Solid: 14T4 Grassroots: 5
T2 Elite 77/100

Belgian Waffle Ride Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina
129 mi · 13,000 ft · May

Blue Ridge brutality—129 miles, 10,000 feet, Belgian-style mixed terrain in Asheville humidity.

T2 Elite 71/100

The Bootlegger

Lenoir, North Carolina
85 mi · 7,250 ft · April

Wilson Creek Gorge, Maple Sally Road, and 7,250 feet of climbing across the official 85-mile North Carolina long course.

T2 Elite 71/100

Southern Cross Gravel

Dahlonega, Georgia
50 mi · 5,500 ft · March

Punchy Georgia mountain gravel with a winery finish and the best post-race party in the Southeast.

T2 Elite 67/100

Collegiate Gravel Nationals

Turkey, Texas
50 mi · 4,921 ft · April

USA Cycling National Championship—100km of Texas Panhandle gravel, collegiate field, wind, red dirt.

T2 Elite 61/100

Cohutta Gravel Grinder

Chatsworth, Georgia
100 mi · 9,000 ft · April

100-mile Georgia mountain gravel through Cohutta Wilderness.

T3 Solid 59/100

Croatan Buck Fifty

Swansboro, North Carolina
139 mi · March

Three laps and 139 miles of flat, fast coastal gravel through Croatan National Forest.

T3 Solid 57/100

Reliance Tennessee Gravel

Reliance, Tennessee
70 mi · 8,100 ft · April

Eight thousand feet of climbing through Cherokee National Forest in 70 miles.

T3 Solid 51/100

Cheaha Challenge

Jacksonville, Alabama
65 mi · 6,000 ft · May

Alabama Cheaha Mountain gravel in Jacksonville.

T3 Solid 51/100

Hot Springs Gravel Gauntlet

Hot Springs, North Carolina
61 mi · 6,616 ft · May

Southeast Gravel's Appalachian leg from the town the Appalachian Trail walks through.

T3 Solid 51/100

Race to Valhalla

Walhalla, South Carolina
72 mi · 7,300 ft · April

The hardest course in the Southeast Gravel series — Winding Stairs and the Chattooga.

T3 Solid 51/100

Waucheesi Bike Race

Tellico Plains, Tennessee
88 mi · 11,500 ft · March

Southeast Tennessee's grassroots monster in the Cherokee National Forest.

T3 Solid 50/100

Gravel Battle of Sumter Forest

Whitmire, South Carolina
73 mi · 4,481 ft · March

Southeast Gravel's season opener in the Sumter National Forest — river crossing included.

T3 Solid 50/100

Reliance Deep Woods

Tennessee
70 mi · 8,100 ft · April

Unmarked Cherokee National Forest gravel — just you, your GPS, and Tennessee mountains.

T3 Solid 49/100

Dirty Deluxe Dirt Road Century

Opelika, Alabama
100 mi · May

A 100-mile Alabama dirt-road race from a new downtown Opelika home.

T3 Solid 49/100

Texas Hell Week

Warda, Texas
200 mi · 8,000 ft · March

Multi-day Texas gravel summer challenge in Warda.

T3 Solid 47/100

Border Wars

GA/AL border
65 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Creek crossings and red-clay gravel along the Georgia-Alabama border.

T3 Solid 47/100

Opelika Okey Dokey

Opelika, Alabama
75 mi · 3,000 ft · May

Rolling Alabama gravel in east Alabama's Opelika.

T3 Solid 47/100

Purgatory Road Race

Fredericksburg, Texas
65 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Texas Hill Country gravel in Fredericksburg.

T3 Solid 46/100

Holly Shelter Gravel Grinder

Southeast North Carolina (Holly Shelter Game Land)
75 mi · 1,500 ft · March

Coastal plain gravel in southeast North Carolina's Holly Shelter Game Land.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Dirty Pecan

Florida
40 mi · 800 ft · March

Red clay tunnels and pecan orchards through Florida's panhandle backcountry.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Swamp Fox Gravel Fondo

Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina
65 mi · 1,500 ft · March

South Carolina coastal forest gravel in Francis Marion NF.

T4 Grassroots 37/100

Rose City Rampage Gravel Race

Thomasville, GA
55 mi · 2,000 ft · March

Southern Georgia backroad gravel through the Rose City of Thomasville.

T4 Grassroots 37/100

Rust Buster Gravel Fondo

Memphis, TN
50 mi · 2,000 ft · April

Faulkner-country delta gravel and spring floods through Memphis, Tennessee backroads.

T4 Grassroots 36/100

Scratch Ankle Gravel

Milton, FL
45 mi · 1,500 ft · March

Longleaf pine ecosystem gravel through Blackwater and Conecuh National Forests.

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