Evergreen Drive Climb
- long (2.3 km)
- 1.4 mi
- long (2.3 km)
- of climbing (265 m)
- 869 ft
- of climbing (265 m)
- average grade
- 11.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 17.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 33 ft at the bottom to 902 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 Evergreen Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Evergreen Drive?
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 Evergreen Drive
- How long and steep is the Evergreen Drive climb?
- 1.4 miles (2.3 km) at 11.8% on average, climbing 869 ft (265 m) from 33 ft to 902 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 17.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.9488, -122.55429, where Evergreen Drive leaves Woodland Road, and tops out at Indan Fire Road at 37.9403, -122.56612.
- Is Evergreen Drive paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 85% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Goodhill RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8% · 673 ft · starts 0.2 mi away
- Oak AvenueCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.4% · 571 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Summit AvenueCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.9% · 676 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Glen Fr RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7% · 722 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Fairfax-Bolinas Road from Bolinas RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 4.7% · 571 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Oak Springs DriveCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.3% · 528 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Fairfax-Bolinas Road from Kent Pump Fire RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6.4% · 866 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Bayhills DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 10.1% · 778 ft · starts 4.9 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.