Greenleaf Canyon Road Climb
- long (2.9 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.9 km)
- of climbing (221 m)
- 725 ft
- of climbing (221 m)
- average grade
- 7.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 784 ft at the bottom to 1,509 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 Greenleaf Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Greenleaf Canyon 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 Greenleaf Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Greenleaf Canyon Road climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at 7.6% on average, climbing 725 ft (221 m) from 784 ft to 1,509 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.09482, -118.60192, where Greenleaf Canyon Road leaves North Topanga Canyon Boulevard, and ends at a gate at 34.11655, -118.60611.
- Is Greenleaf Canyon Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 94% 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
- Old Topanga Canyon RoadCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.7% · 748 ft · starts 0.4 mi away
- Fernwood Pacific DriveCat 2 · 2.9 mi at 7.2% · 1,089 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Grand View DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.7% · 554 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Saddle Peak RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5% · 614 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Palisades Drive near Santa MonicaCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 11.6% · 768 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Adamsville AvenueCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.9% · 545 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Stunt RoadCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 6.4% · 1,335 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Schueren RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.6% · 528 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.