Drum Canyon Road Climb from Centennial Street
- long (4.6 km)
- 2.8 mi
- long (4.6 km)
- of climbing (243 m)
- 797 ft
- of climbing (243 m)
- average grade
- 5.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 607 ft at the bottom to 1,404 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 Drum Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Drum Canyon 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Drum Canyon Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Drum Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Drum Canyon Road from Centennial Street climb?
- 2.8 miles (4.6 km) at 5.3% on average, climbing 797 ft (243 m) from 607 ft to 1,404 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.73828, -120.27993, where Drum Canyon Road leaves Centennial Street, and tops out on the road at 34.71057, -120.28161.
- Is Drum Canyon 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
- Cat Canyon RoadCat 3 · 4.3 mi at 3.1% · 699 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Santa Rita Road from Route 135Cat 3 · 4.3 mi at 4.5% · 1,024 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Santa Rita Road near BuelltonCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 5.8% · 932 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Penny LaneCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.3% · 682 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Santa Rita Road from Campbell RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 6.4% · 748 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Drum Canyon Road near BuelltonCat 3 · 6.0 mi at 3.1% · 991 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Harris Grade Road near LompocCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.4% · 646 ft · starts 8.4 mi away
- Zaca RoadCat 2 · 5.2 mi at 4.1% · 1,125 ft · starts 10.0 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.