El Granada Boulevard Climb
- long (1.7 km)
- 1.1 mi
- long (1.7 km)
- of climbing (175 m)
- 574 ft
- of climbing (175 m)
- average grade
- 10.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 164 ft at the bottom to 738 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 El Granada Boulevard this week
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Is it safe to bike up El Granada 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. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about El Granada Boulevard
- How long and steep is the El Granada Boulevard climb?
- 1.1 miles (1.7 km) at 10.1% on average, climbing 574 ft (175 m) from 164 ft to 738 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.50563, -122.4659, where El Granada Boulevard leaves Isabella Road, and ends where the road ends at 37.51511, -122.46148.
- Is El Granada 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
- San Mateo Road from Main StreetCat 3 · 5.0 mi at 3% · 801 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- San Mateo Road near Half Moon BayCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.8% · 627 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Higgins Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.4% · 623 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Skyline Boulevard from San Mateo RoadCat 2 · 8.0 mi at 3.5% · 1,473 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Crespi DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.6% · 548 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Half Moon Bay RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.8% · 564 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Skyfarm Drive from Redington RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.8% · 551 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Fassler AvenueCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.5% · 656 ft · starts 7.3 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.