Laureles Grade Road Climb from Monterey Salinas Highway
- long (3.8 km)
- 2.4 mi
- long (3.8 km)
- of climbing (262 m)
- 860 ft
- of climbing (262 m)
- average grade
- 6.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 430 ft at the bottom to 1,289 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 Laureles Grade Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Laureles Grade 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Laureles Grade Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Laureles Grade Road
- How long and steep is the Laureles Grade Road from Monterey Salinas Highway climb?
- 2.4 miles (3.8 km) at 6.9% on average, climbing 860 ft (262 m) from 430 ft to 1,289 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 36.56892, -121.75573, where Laureles Grade Road leaves Monterey Salinas Highway, and tops out at Jeanette Road at 36.54208, -121.75367.
- Is Laureles Grade 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
- Boots RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 12.5% · 830 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- San Benancio RoadCat 2 · 4.2 mi at 5.1% · 1,148 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Barloy Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 5.3% · 663 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- South Boundary RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 3.9% · 712 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Oak Meadow LaneCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 9.9% · 791 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Tierra Grande DriveCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 7.8% · 846 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Robinson Canyon RoadCat 2 · 8.7 mi at 3.6% · 1,654 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Laureles Grade Road near Del Rey OaksCat 3 · 3.5 mi at 5.7% · 1,037 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.