Lakeview Road Climb near Clearlake
- long (4.0 km)
- 2.5 mi
- long (4.0 km)
- of climbing (165 m)
- 541 ft
- of climbing (165 m)
- average grade
- 4.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,094 ft at the bottom to 3,635 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 Lakeview Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Lakeview 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 Lakeview Road
- How long and steep is the Lakeview Road near Clearlake climb?
- 2.5 miles (4.0 km) at 4.1% on average, climbing 541 ft (165 m) from 3,094 ft to 3,635 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.83585, -122.79506, and tops out at Geyser Rock at 38.81413, -122.76775.
- Is Lakeview 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
- Flood Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.1% · 696 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Seven Mile RoadCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 9% · 1,211 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Bottle Rock Road near ClearlakeCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 3.9% · 630 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Cold Water Creek Road from Glenbrook Road near ClearlakeCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.4% · 587 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Cold Water Creek Road from Glenbrook Road near ClearlakeCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 8.7% · 1,129 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Saw Mill RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 7.6% · 997 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Big Sulphur Creek RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 4.4% · 850 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Flood Road from Geysers RoadCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 10.8% · 1,867 ft · starts 4.6 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.