Eucalyptus Avenue Climb
- long (4.3 km)
- 2.7 mi
- long (4.3 km)
- of climbing (173 m)
- 568 ft
- of climbing (173 m)
- average grade
- 4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 696 ft at the bottom to 1,263 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 Eucalyptus Avenue this week
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Is it safe to bike up Eucalyptus Avenue?
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 Eucalyptus Avenue along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Eucalyptus Avenue
- How long and steep is the Eucalyptus Avenue climb?
- 2.7 miles (4.3 km) at 4% on average, climbing 568 ft (173 m) from 696 ft to 1,263 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.98977, -117.73229, where Eucalyptus Avenue leaves Peyton Drive, and ends where the road ends at 33.97213, -117.77195.
- Is Eucalyptus Avenue 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
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- Benson AvenueCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.2% · 666 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
- Lemon AvenueCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.1% · 656 ft · starts 7.8 mi away
- Camino de BryantCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.6% · 650 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
- Weir Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 4.1% · 571 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- North Mills AvenueCat 2 · 4.7 mi at 4.5% · 1,109 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 4.1% · 997 ft · starts 8.6 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.3% · 679 ft · starts 8.6 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.