Country View Drive Climb

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.

How long and steep is the Country View Drive climb?

1.8 miles (3.0 km) at 6.5% on average, climbing 627 ft (191 m) from 486 ft to 1,112 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.

Where does the climb start and finish?

It starts at 37.19283, -121.78858, and tops out at Coyote Peak at 37.20826, -121.77564.

Is Country View Drive paved?

Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 69% 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.

• Bernal RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.3% · 554 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
• Alamitos RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 3% · 581 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
• Cinnabar Hills DriveCat 2 · 2.1 mi at 9.7% · 1,093 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
• Metcalf RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 8.5% · 1,007 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
• Hicks Road from Alamitos RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 8.8% · 784 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
• Mount Umunhum RoadCat 2 · 5.4 mi at 7.2% · 2,060 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
• Reynolds RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.5% · 640 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
• Little Uvas RoadCat 2 · 4.3 mi at 5.6% · 1,270 ft · starts 6.4 mi away