Cloverhill Drive Climb
- long (3.0 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.0 km)
- of climbing (204 m)
- 669 ft
- of climbing (204 m)
- average grade
- 6.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,404 ft at the bottom to 2,073 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 Cloverhill Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Cloverhill Drive?
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 Cloverhill Drive
- How long and steep is the Cloverhill Drive climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.0 km) at 6.8% on average, climbing 669 ft (204 m) from 1,404 ft to 2,073 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.11465, -117.17198, where Cloverhill Drive leaves Oakwood Lane, and tops out at Emmerton Lane at 34.13865, -117.17057.
- Is Cloverhill Drive 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
- Church StreetCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.7% · 535 ft · starts 0.3 mi away
- Steve Faris Memorial HighwayHC · 24 mi at 4.3% · 5,456 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial HighwayHC · 26 mi at 3.7% · 5,118 ft · starts 3.3 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 6.4 mi away
- Rim of the World Highway from North Waterman Avenue near San BernardinoHC · 22 mi at 4.4% · 4,997 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Smiley BoulevardCat 2 · 3.6 mi at 5.9% · 1,102 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Old Waterman Canyon RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 8.4% · 1,355 ft · starts 7.5 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.