Fort Jones Road Climb
- long (12.3 km)
- 7.6 mi
- long (12.3 km)
- of climbing (413 m)
- 1,355 ft
- of climbing (413 m)
- average grade
- 3.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,776 ft at the bottom to 4,131 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 Fort Jones Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Fort Jones 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 Fort Jones Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Fort Jones Road
- How long and steep is the Fort Jones Road climb?
- 7.6 miles (12.3 km) at 3.4% on average, climbing 1,355 ft (413 m) from 2,776 ft to 4,131 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.6%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 41.62356, -122.82785, where Fort Jones Road leaves McAdam Creek Road, and tops out on the road at 41.67594, -122.72641.
- Is Fort Jones 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
- Tyler Gulch Road from Rattlesnake Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.6% · 659 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Tyler Gulch Road near Fort JonesCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.9% · 636 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Tyler Gulch Road near Fort JonesCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.5% · 584 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Hi-You Gulch Road from Indian Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.8% · 597 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Hi-You Gulch Road from McAdam Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.1% · 551 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Cottonwood Creek RoadCat 2 · 5.1 mi at 4.5% · 1,220 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Scarface Road near Fort JonesCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.4% · 1,486 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Patterson Creek RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 4.5% · 528 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
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.