Church Street Climb
- long (2.8 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.8 km)
- of climbing (163 m)
- 535 ft
- of climbing (163 m)
- average grade
- 5.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,332 ft at the bottom to 1,867 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 Church Street this week
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Is it safe to bike up Church Street?
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 Church Street
- How long and steep is the Church Street climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.8 km) at 5.7% on average, climbing 535 ft (163 m) from 1,332 ft to 1,867 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.10984, -117.1733, where Church Street leaves Greenspot Road, and tops out at Orange Blossom Drive at 34.13517, -117.17381.
- Is Church Street 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
- Cloverhill DriveCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.8% · 669 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Steve Faris Memorial HighwayHC · 24 mi at 4.3% · 5,456 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial HighwayHC · 26 mi at 3.7% · 5,118 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Rim of the World Highway from North Waterman Avenue near San BernardinoHC · 13 mi at 4.8% · 3,297 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Live Oak DriveCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 9.4% · 794 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Smiley BoulevardCat 2 · 3.6 mi at 5.9% · 1,102 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Rim of the World Highway from North Waterman Avenue near San BernardinoHC · 22 mi at 4.4% · 4,997 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Avenue ECat 3 · 4.4 mi at 4.3% · 997 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.