Eureka Canyon Road Climb
- long (13.2 km)
- 8.2 mi
- long (13.2 km)
- of climbing (488 m)
- 1,601 ft
- of climbing (488 m)
- average grade
- 3.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 299 ft at the bottom to 1,900 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 Eureka Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Eureka 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 Eureka Canyon Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Eureka Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Eureka Canyon Road climb?
- 8.2 miles (13.2 km) at 3.7% on average, climbing 1,601 ft (488 m) from 299 ft to 1,900 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.2%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.99726, -121.80573, where Eureka Canyon Road leaves Geronimo Way, and tops out at Highland Way at 37.06696, -121.8349.
- Is Eureka 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
- Caudill RoadCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 12.9% · 561 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Rider RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.4% · 722 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Pleasant Valley Road from Freedom BoulevardCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 3.9% · 551 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Old Evans RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 13.2% · 692 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Tindall Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 9.2% · 771 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Mount Madonna RoadCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 7.5% · 1,562 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Trout Gulch RoadCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 3.9% · 732 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Hecker Pass RoadCat 2 · 6.3 mi at 3.8% · 1,266 ft · starts 5.5 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.