Fairfax-Bolinas Road Climb from Bolinas Road
- long (3.7 km)
- 2.3 mi
- long (3.7 km)
- of climbing (174 m)
- 571 ft
- of climbing (174 m)
- average grade
- 4.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 509 ft at the bottom to 1,079 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 Fairfax-Bolinas Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Fairfax-Bolinas 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: 2 bike crashes were reported on or beside Fairfax-Bolinas Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Fairfax-Bolinas Road
- How long and steep is the Fairfax-Bolinas Road from Bolinas Road climb?
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km) at 4.7% on average, climbing 571 ft (174 m) from 509 ft to 1,079 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.97284, -122.605, where Fairfax-Bolinas Road leaves Bolinas Road, and tops out at Pine Mountain Fire Road at 37.96365, -122.62507.
- Is Fairfax-Bolinas 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
- Oak AvenueCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.4% · 571 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Oak Springs DriveCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.3% · 528 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Fairfax-Bolinas Road from Kent Pump Fire RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6.4% · 866 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Evergreen DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 11.8% · 869 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Goodhill RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8% · 673 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Ridgecrest BoulevardCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.3% · 561 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Summit AvenueCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.9% · 676 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Panoramic HighwayCat 2 · 3.7 mi at 7.2% · 1,388 ft · starts 5.6 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.