Alessandro Boulevard Climb
- long (4.6 km)
- 2.8 mi
- long (4.6 km)
- of climbing (190 m)
- 623 ft
- of climbing (190 m)
- average grade
- 4.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,020 ft at the bottom to 1,644 ft at the top. Grades are averaged over each half kilometre, from USGS elevation data, so short ramps can be steeper than they show.
Weather at the top of Alessandro Boulevard this week
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Is it safe to bike up Alessandro Boulevard?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a ride is, and roads people like to ride draw more riders, so they see more crashes. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under Riverside, where only 66% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Alessandro Boulevard along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Alessandro Boulevard
- How long and steep is the Alessandro Boulevard climb?
- 2.8 miles (4.6 km) at 4.2% on average, climbing 623 ft (190 m) from 1,020 ft to 1,644 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.95349, -117.36048, where Alessandro Boulevard leaves Central Avenue, and tops out on the road at 33.92098, -117.33374.
- Is Alessandro Boulevard paved?
- Yes, by its OpenStreetMap tags.
- How is the category worked out?
- From the climb's shape only: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes.
- Where does this data come from?
- The climb is found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation (every climb, not a list of famous ones). Access is from OpenStreetMap tags; gates and closures change, so obey posted signs. Crash counts are police reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on data.ca.gov, counted where their map location is within 100 ft of the climb. The forecast is from the National Weather Service.
Other climbs nearby
- Van Buren BoulevardCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 3.2% · 604 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- La Sierra AvenueCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 3% · 722 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Reche Canyon RoadCat 2 · 7.7 mi at 3.4% · 1,394 ft · starts 7.8 mi away
- Lakepointe Drive from Spring View CourtCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 8.3% · 620 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Gavilan RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 3.6% · 541 ft · starts 8.4 mi away
- Lakepointe Drive from Buchanan StreetCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 8% · 1,093 ft · starts 9.0 mi away
- Onaknoll DriveCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 7.1% · 774 ft · starts 9.4 mi away
- Ridgedale DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.4% · 581 ft · starts 10 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 3: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes. Crashes: bike crashes reported within 100 ft of the climb, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), counted only where the report has map coordinates. Weather: National Weather Service. Access from OpenStreetMap tags; obey posted signs. How the data works.