Crenshaw Boulevard Climb from Palos Verdes Drive North
- long (3.3 km)
- 2.0 mi
- long (3.3 km)
- of climbing (235 m)
- 771 ft
- of climbing (235 m)
- average grade
- 7.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 433 ft at the bottom to 1,204 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 Crenshaw Boulevard this week
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Is it safe to bike up Crenshaw Boulevard?
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. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under Torrance, where only 27% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Crenshaw Boulevard
- How long and steep is the Crenshaw Boulevard from Palos Verdes Drive North climb?
- 2.0 miles (3.3 km) at 7.1% on average, climbing 771 ft (235 m) from 433 ft to 1,204 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.78154, -118.35258, where Crenshaw Boulevard leaves Palos Verdes Drive North, and tops out at Crest Road at 33.76267, -118.36986.
- Is Crenshaw Boulevard 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
- Crenshaw Boulevard near LomitaCat 2 · 3.8 mi at 5.5% · 1,106 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Hawthorne Boulevard near Rolling Hills EstatesCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 5.4% · 1,014 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Palos Verdes Drive EastCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 3.9% · 728 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Via del MonteCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.6% · 571 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Crest RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.7% · 702 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Via CoronelCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.8% · 728 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Hawthorne Boulevard from Palos Verdes Drive WestCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 4.4% · 830 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.