Gazos Creek Road Climb
- long (6.8 km)
- 4.2 mi
- long (6.8 km)
- of climbing (366 m)
- 1,201 ft
- of climbing (366 m)
- average grade
- 5.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 12.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 161 ft at the bottom to 1,362 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 Gazos Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Gazos Creek 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: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Gazos Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Gazos Creek Road climb?
- 4.2 miles (6.8 km) at 5.4% on average, climbing 1,201 ft (366 m) from 161 ft to 1,362 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.8%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.19136, -122.32397, and ends at a gate at 37.19357, -122.27068.
- Is Gazos Creek Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 51% 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
- Butano Fire RoadCat 1 · dirt · 9.3 mi at 4.4% · 2,159 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Big Basin Way from North Escape RoadCat 3 · 5.3 mi at 3.5% · 965 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Pescadero Creek Road near Portola ValleyCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4.6% · 892 ft · starts 5.8 mi away
- Lodge RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 3.1% · 610 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Portola State Park RoadCat 2 · 3.5 mi at 6.7% · 1,217 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Pescadero Creek Road from Pescadero RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.9% · 607 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Alpine Road from Pescadero Creek RoadCat 2 · 6.6 mi at 5.6% · 1,962 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Memory Lane from China Grade RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.1% · 551 ft · starts 8.8 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.