Grove Street Climb
- long (5.6 km)
- 3.5 mi
- long (5.6 km)
- of climbing (388 m)
- 1,273 ft
- of climbing (388 m)
- average grade
- 6.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 138 ft at the bottom to 1,411 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 Grove Street this week
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Is it safe to bike up Grove Street?
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: 2 bike crashes were reported on or beside Grove Street along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Grove Street
- How long and steep is the Grove Street climb?
- 3.5 miles (5.6 km) at 6.9% on average, climbing 1,273 ft (388 m) from 138 ft to 1,411 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.29576, -122.49772, where Grove Street leaves Orange Avenue, and tops out at Belmont Court at 38.30192, -122.55291.
- Is Grove Street 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
- White AlderCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 9.6% · 712 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Hawks BeardCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.8% · 528 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Norrbom RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 7.4% · 912 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Morningside Mountain Drive from Sobre Vista RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 11.3% · 623 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Moon Mountain RoadCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 7.8% · 1,063 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Cavedale RoadCat 2 · 5.1 mi at 7.1% · 1,936 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Morningside Mountain Drive from Arnold DriveCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.6% · 636 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Vineyard LaneCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.3% · 686 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
Bike crash hotspots 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.