Encina Grande Road Climb from Oroville-Quincy Highway
- long (7.2 km)
- 4.5 mi
- long (7.2 km)
- of climbing (346 m)
- 1,135 ft
- of climbing (346 m)
- average grade
- 4.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,558 ft at the bottom to 2,694 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 Encina Grande Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Encina Grande 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: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Encina Grande Road
- How long and steep is the Encina Grande Road from Oroville-Quincy Highway climb?
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km) at 4.8% on average, climbing 1,135 ft (346 m) from 1,558 ft to 2,694 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.8%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.6247, -121.43572, where Encina Grande Road leaves Oroville-Quincy Highway, and tops out at Bloomer Hill Road at 39.65328, -121.47322.
- Is Encina Grande 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
- Deer Meadow RoadCat 3 · 0.5 mi at 20.7% · 528 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Bloomer Hill RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 7.6% · 1,224 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Canyon Creek Road from Oroville-Quincy HighwayCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 13.4% · 633 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Oroville-Quincy HighwayHC · 11 mi at 4.7% · 2,717 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Bald Rock RoadCat 2 · 7.9 mi at 3.4% · 1,421 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Big Ridge Road near OrovilleCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 4.7% · 820 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Berry Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 8.7% · 797 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Edan Canyon Road near ParadiseCat 3 · 0.3 mi at 39.9% · 564 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.