Granite Road Climb near McFarland
- long (13.5 km)
- 8.4 mi
- long (13.5 km)
- of climbing (577 m)
- 1,893 ft
- of climbing (577 m)
- average grade
- 4.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,385 ft at the bottom to 3,278 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 Granite Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Granite 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 Granite Road
- How long and steep is the Granite Road near McFarland climb?
- 8.4 miles (13.5 km) at 4.3% on average, climbing 1,893 ft (577 m) from 1,385 ft to 3,278 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.6119, -118.87674, and tops out on the road at 35.65342, -118.76574.
- Is Granite 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
- Ramel Lynn RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 6.2% · 722 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Woody RoadCat 2 · 8.4 mi at 4% · 1,778 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Poso Flat RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 3.7% · 584 ft · starts 7.9 mi away
- Poso Flat RoadCat 2 · 2.5 mi at 10% · 1,302 ft · starts 8.3 mi away
- Evans Road from Bakersfield-Glennville RoadHC · 15 mi at 3.8% · 3,140 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Poso RoadCat 2 · 2.9 mi at 10.9% · 1,683 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Round Mountain Road near BakersfieldCat 3 · 5.4 mi at 3.3% · 935 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Blue Mountain Road near PortervilleCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.1% · 607 ft · starts 11 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.