Horizon View Drive Climb
- long (1.9 km)
- 1.2 mi
- long (1.9 km)
- of climbing (171 m)
- 561 ft
- of climbing (171 m)
- average grade
- 9.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,155 ft at the bottom to 1,716 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 Horizon View Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Horizon View Drive?
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 Horizon View Drive
- How long and steep is the Horizon View Drive climb?
- 1.2 miles (1.9 km) at 9.1% on average, climbing 561 ft (171 m) from 1,155 ft to 1,716 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.07437, -116.90279, where Horizon View Drive leaves San Pasqual Valley Road, and tops out on the road at 33.07323, -116.91017.
- Is Horizon View Drive 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
- Pamo RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 7.3% · 679 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Creelman LaneCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.2% · 548 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Black Mountain Road from Upper Santa Ysabel RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.5 mi at 8% · 2,297 ft · starts 5.7 mi away
- Rockwood RoadCat 2 · 3.5 mi at 6.7% · 1,230 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Sutherland Dam RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 4.9% · 764 ft · starts 6.8 mi away
- Highland Valley RoadCat 2 · 5.4 mi at 4.6% · 1,309 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
- Valley Center Road from Lake Wohlford RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 5% · 774 ft · starts 9.5 mi away
- Lake Wohlford RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 3.9% · 833 ft · starts 9.5 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.