Arouba Road Climb
- long (2.0 km)
- 1.2 mi
- long (2.0 km)
- of climbing (249 m)
- 817 ft
- of climbing (249 m)
- average grade
- 12.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 15.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 787 ft at the bottom to 1,604 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 Arouba Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Arouba Road?
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. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Arouba Road
- How long and steep is the Arouba Road climb?
- 1.2 miles (2.0 km) at 12.6% on average, climbing 817 ft (249 m) from 787 ft to 1,604 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 15.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.39297, -117.1115, and tops out at Rainbow Heights at 33.40084, -117.12311.
- Is Arouba Road 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
- Pala Temecula RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 4.7% · 837 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Pala del Norte RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 12.4% · 896 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Rainbow Heights RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 5.7% · 876 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Rancho Heights RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.9% · 840 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Huntley RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.6% · 633 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Pala Mesa Mountain DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.8% · 574 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Stewart Crest RoadCat 3 · 0.6 mi at 17.6% · 528 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Magee Road from Rancho Heights RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.9% · 663 ft · starts 3.2 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.