Bailey Road Climb
- long (4.6 km)
- 2.8 mi
- long (4.6 km)
- of climbing (202 m)
- 663 ft
- of climbing (202 m)
- average grade
- 4.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 62 ft at the bottom to 725 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 Bailey Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bailey 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: 4 bike crashes were reported on or beside Bailey Road along the climb from 2021–2025. The most were at Canal Road & Bailey Rd (4).
Where bike crashes cluster on Bailey Road
- 4 crashes
Canal Road & Bailey Rd
A mix of crash types
50% happened after dark.
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Common questions about Bailey Road
- How long and steep is the Bailey Road climb?
- 2.8 miles (4.6 km) at 4.4% on average, climbing 663 ft (202 m) from 62 ft to 725 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.0266, -121.94189, where Bailey Road leaves Willow Pass Road, and tops out on the road at 37.98851, -121.95015.
- Is Bailey 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
- Railroad AvenueCat 3 · 5.2 mi at 3.4% · 938 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Kirker Pass RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 6.3% · 650 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Somersville RoadCat 3 · 4.5 mi at 4.4% · 1,050 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- North Gate RoadCat 2 · 7.7 mi at 4.9% · 1,965 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- Morgan Territory Road near ClaytonCat 2 · 8.9 mi at 3.1% · 1,453 ft · starts 9.8 mi away
- Burma Road from Stage RoadCat 1 · dirt · 4.3 mi at 9.2% · 2,103 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Briones RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 8.5% · 581 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Summit Road from North Gate RoadCat 2 · 4.4 mi at 7% · 1,647 ft · starts 11 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.