Lance Road Climb from Long Branch Drive near Clearlake
- long (1.3 km)
- 0.8 mi
- long (1.3 km)
- of climbing (200 m)
- 656 ft
- of climbing (200 m)
- average grade
- 15.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 18%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,191 ft at the bottom to 1,847 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 Lance Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Lance 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 Lance Road
- How long and steep is the Lance Road from Long Branch Drive near Clearlake climb?
- 0.8 miles (1.3 km) at 15.2% on average, climbing 656 ft (200 m) from 1,191 ft to 1,847 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 18%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.00474, -122.5083, where Lance Road leaves Long Branch Drive, and tops out at Mule Skinner Road at 39.00998, -122.4998.
- Is Lance 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
- Lance Road from Long Branch Drive near ClearlakeCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.8% · 545 ft · starts 0.1 mi away
- Watertrough RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 11.1% · 925 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Meriann DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.7% · 633 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Indian Valley Rsvr RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 7% · 1,037 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Cache Creek RoadCat 2 · 2.3 mi at 8.7% · 1,056 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Morine Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.6% · 587 ft · starts 7.1 mi away
- Doe TrailCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 7.4% · 932 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
- Round Mountain Road near ClearlakeCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 13.2% · 614 ft · starts 7.8 mi away
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.