Blackrock Road Climb from Trimmer Springs Road
- long (15.9 km)
- 9.9 mi
- long (15.9 km)
- of climbing (907 m)
- 2,976 ft
- of climbing (907 m)
- average grade
- 5.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,286 ft at the bottom to 4,262 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 Blackrock Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Blackrock 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 Blackrock Road
- How long and steep is the Blackrock Road from Trimmer Springs Road climb?
- 9.9 miles (15.9 km) at 5.7% on average, climbing 2,976 ft (907 m) from 1,286 ft to 4,262 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.9%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.90367, -119.12239, where Blackrock Road leaves Trimmer Springs Road, and tops out on the road at 36.91451, -119.04066.
- Is Blackrock 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
- Sycamore Springs RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.5 mi at 7.9% · 2,300 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Trimmer Springs Road near Orange CoveCat 3 · 5.4 mi at 3.6% · 1,007 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Balch Penstock RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 13.8% · 971 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Blackrock RoadHC · dirt · 12 mi at 4.6% · 2,887 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Crabtree Road from US Forest Service Road 12501Cat 1 · dirt · 7.0 mi at 5.9% · 2,169 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Ross Crossing RoadCat 2 · 9.4 mi at 3.5% · 1,722 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Ross Crossing RoadHC · dirt · 13 mi at 4.6% · 3,159 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Dinkey-Trimmer RoadHC · dirt · 26 mi at 3.7% · 5,043 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.