Boy Scout Camp Road Climb
- long (8.5 km)
- 5.3 mi
- long (8.5 km)
- of climbing (273 m)
- 896 ft
- of climbing (273 m)
- average grade
- 3.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 5,092 ft at the bottom to 5,988 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 Boy Scout Camp Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Boy Scout Camp 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 Boy Scout Camp Road
- How long and steep is the Boy Scout Camp Road climb?
- 5.3 miles (8.5 km) at 3.2% on average, climbing 896 ft (273 m) from 5,092 ft to 5,988 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.74, -119.08747, where Boy Scout Camp Road leaves Lockwood Valley Road, and ends where the road ends at 34.77194, -119.15706.
- Is Boy Scout Camp Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 59% 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
- Miller Jeep OHV Trail #129Cat 1 · dirt · 2.8 mi at 16.4% · 2,418 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Lockwood Valley Road near OjaiCat 3 · 4.5 mi at 3.4% · 797 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Frazier Mountain RoadHC · dirt · 6.9 mi at 7.5% · 2,746 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Mount Pinos RoadHC · 12 mi at 4.6% · 2,976 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Tecuya Mountain RoadCat 2 · 3.1 mi at 9.9% · 1,631 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
- Mil Potrero Highway near MaricopaCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 6.9% · 1,037 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- Linden DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.6% · 732 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Zermatt DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 12.5% · 702 ft · starts 8.4 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.