Hillcrest Road Climb
- long (6.3 km)
- 3.9 mi
- long (6.3 km)
- of climbing (204 m)
- 669 ft
- of climbing (204 m)
- average grade
- 3.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,281 ft at the bottom to 4,951 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 Hillcrest Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest Road
- How long and steep is the Hillcrest Road climb?
- 3.9 miles (6.3 km) at 3.2% on average, climbing 669 ft (204 m) from 4,281 ft to 4,951 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.41896, -120.66317, where Hillcrest Road leaves Main Street, and tops out on the road at 40.41492, -120.72947.
- Is Hillcrest 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
- Eagle Lake Road near SusanvilleCat 2 · 7.6 mi at 3.8% · 1,542 ft · starts 2.4 mi away
- Gold Run RoadCat 1 · 7.6 mi at 5.6% · 2,280 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Old Scotts Log RoadCat 2 · 2.9 mi at 7% · 1,093 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Rice Canyon Road from Bible RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 3.2% · 1,093 ft · starts 7.3 mi away
- Indians Road from Elysian Valley RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 5.4% · 784 ft · starts 8.6 mi away
- Diamond Mountain Road near SusanvilleCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 5.1% · 1,050 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Gallatin RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.2% · 676 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Moonlight Valley Road near SusanvilleCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 10.7% · 722 ft · starts 12 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.