Cartwright Road Climb from Live Oak Lane
- long (1.2 km)
- 0.7 mi
- long (1.2 km)
- of climbing (178 m)
- 584 ft
- of climbing (178 m)
- average grade
- 15%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 34.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,581 ft at the bottom to 2,165 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 Cartwright Road this week
Loading forecast…
Is it safe to bike up Cartwright 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 Cartwright Road
- How long and steep is the Cartwright Road from Live Oak Lane climb?
- 0.7 miles (1.2 km) at 15% on average, climbing 584 ft (178 m) from 1,581 ft to 2,165 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 34.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.27177, -124.09754, where Cartwright Road leaves Live Oak Lane, and tops out at Mattole Road at 40.26463, -124.09272.
- Is Cartwright 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
- Cartwright Road near Rio DellCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 11.9% · 620 ft · starts 0.1 mi away
- Live Oak Lane from Cartwright RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 12.9% · 689 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Live Oak Lane near Rio DellCat 3 · 0.5 mi at 21.2% · 571 ft · starts 0.6 mi away
- Meaux RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 11.3% · 594 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Heidi LaneCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 8.5% · 1,089 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Doreen DriveCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 8.7% · 1,010 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Mattole Road near Rio DellCat 1 · 8.1 mi at 5.6% · 2,395 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Wilder Ridge Road near Rio DellCat 2 · 5.8 mi at 5.9% · 1,814 ft · starts 3.5 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.