The road measures 27.11 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 39 minutes to travel its length.
The A685 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 6 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like KENDAL, Scalthwaiterigg, Mealbank, Grayrigg, Tebay, Gaisgill, Kelleth, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Ravenstonedale, Wharton, KIRKBY STEPHEN, Winton, Brough Sowerby, Brough, and Church Brough.
The road is located entirely within Cumbria.