Fickle Hill Road Climb from Park Avenue
- long (3.4 km)
- 2.1 mi
- long (3.4 km)
- of climbing (228 m)
- 748 ft
- of climbing (228 m)
- average grade
- 6.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 12.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 384 ft at the bottom to 1,132 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 Fickle Hill Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Fickle Hill 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 Fickle Hill Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Fickle Hill Road
- How long and steep is the Fickle Hill Road from Park Avenue climb?
- 2.1 miles (3.4 km) at 6.7% on average, climbing 748 ft (228 m) from 384 ft to 1,132 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.86843, -124.07033, where Fickle Hill Road leaves Park Avenue, and tops out on the road at 40.85904, -124.03901.
- Is Fickle Hill 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
- Splinter RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 14.3% · 725 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road from Glendale DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 9.5% · 860 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- Fickle Hill Road near ArcataCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4% · 853 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Garden LaneCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 16% · 761 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road near Blue LakeCat 2 · 4.1 mi at 6.8% · 1,460 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Greenwood Heights DriveCat 2 · 6.5 mi at 5.8% · 1,978 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Maple Creek Road near Blue LakeCat 2 · 2.5 mi at 8.3% · 1,115 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Bald Mountain Road from Maple Creek RoadCat 2 · 6.0 mi at 4.9% · 1,552 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
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.