Bratton Valley Road Climb
- long (2.2 km)
- 1.4 mi
- long (2.2 km)
- of climbing (186 m)
- 610 ft
- of climbing (186 m)
- average grade
- 8.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,142 ft at the bottom to 2,753 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 Bratton Valley Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Bratton Valley 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 Bratton Valley Road
- How long and steep is the Bratton Valley Road climb?
- 1.4 miles (2.2 km) at 8.4% on average, climbing 610 ft (186 m) from 2,142 ft to 2,753 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 32.68484, -116.75307, where Bratton Valley Road leaves Honey Springs Road, and ends where the road ends at 32.69557, -116.7636.
- Is Bratton Valley Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 71% 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
- Deerhorn Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.9% · 673 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- Lyons Valley Road from Harper Ranch RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 5% · 938 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Wisecarver LaneCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 8.6% · 545 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- SDG&E Service RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 7.6% · 702 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Lucky Six Truck TrailCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.2% · 646 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Honey Springs RoadCat 2 · 7.0 mi at 5.2% · 1,909 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Isla Vista RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 8.8% · 528 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- State Route 94 from Barrett Lake RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5.6% · 689 ft · starts 5.7 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.