Bohlman Road Climb
- long (7.2 km)
- 4.5 mi
- long (7.2 km)
- of climbing (607 m)
- 1,991 ft
- of climbing (607 m)
- average grade
- 8.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 591 ft at the bottom to 2,582 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 Bohlman Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bohlman 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Bohlman Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Bohlman Road
- How long and steep is the Bohlman Road climb?
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km) at 8.4% on average, climbing 1,991 ft (607 m) from 591 ft to 2,582 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.7%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.25377, -122.03642, where Bohlman Road leaves 6th Street, and tops out on the road at 37.21755, -122.0289.
- Is Bohlman Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 92% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Norton RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 11.4% · 971 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Big Basin Way from Saratoga AvenueCat 1 · 7.3 mi at 5.6% · 2,152 ft · starts 0.4 mi away
- Overlook RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 6.8% · 732 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Redwood Gulch RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 10% · 686 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Regnart RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7% · 548 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Montebello RoadCat 1 · 6.8 mi at 6.3% · 2,244 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Gist RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 9.4% · 673 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Skyline Boulevard from Gist RoadCat 3 · 4.8 mi at 3.5% · 876 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.