Georgetown Road Climb from Chili Bar Court
- long (3.5 km)
- 2.2 mi
- long (3.5 km)
- of climbing (302 m)
- 991 ft
- of climbing (302 m)
- average grade
- 8.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 951 ft at the bottom to 1,942 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 Georgetown Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Georgetown 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 Georgetown Road
- How long and steep is the Georgetown Road from Chili Bar Court climb?
- 2.2 miles (3.5 km) at 8.5% on average, climbing 991 ft (302 m) from 951 ft to 1,942 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.7658, -120.82182, where Georgetown Road leaves Chili Bar Court, and tops out at Coloma Road at 38.73763, -120.81129.
- Is Georgetown 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
- Georgetown Road near PlacervilleCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 5.8% · 1,040 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Kona DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7.8% · 692 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Carson RoadCat 2 · 8.6 mi at 3.3% · 1,522 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Cold Springs Road from Richard AvenueCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 4.9% · 561 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Rock Creek Road near PlacervilleCat 2 · 4.7 mi at 4.9% · 1,227 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Bayne RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 12.4% · 968 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Mosquito Road near PlacervilleHC · dirt · 12 mi at 4.2% · 2,740 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Mosquito Road near PlacervilleCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 9.5% · 981 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
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.