Bettini Road Climb
- long (2.3 km)
- 1.4 mi
- long (2.3 km)
- of climbing (233 m)
- 764 ft
- of climbing (233 m)
- average grade
- 10.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 19.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 919 ft at the bottom to 1,683 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 Bettini Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bettini 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 Bettini Road
- How long and steep is the Bettini Road climb?
- 1.4 miles (2.3 km) at 10.1% on average, climbing 764 ft (233 m) from 919 ft to 1,683 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 19.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.82409, -122.87959, where Bettini Road leaves Geysers Road, and ends where the road ends at 38.81825, -122.88387.
- Is Bettini 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
- Flood Road from Geysers RoadCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 10.8% · 1,867 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Geysers Road near CloverdaleCat 2 · 7.6 mi at 4.5% · 1,827 ft · starts 0.2 mi away
- Seven Mile RoadCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 9% · 1,211 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Flood Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.1% · 696 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Pocket Ranch Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 8.4% · 541 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Lakeview Road near ClearlakeCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.1% · 541 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Geysers Road near HealdsburgCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 8.8% · 843 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Green Road from Pine Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8.1% · 676 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
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.