Lockwood San Ardo Road Climb near King City
- long (8.0 km)
- 5.0 mi
- long (8.0 km)
- of climbing (346 m)
- 1,135 ft
- of climbing (346 m)
- average grade
- 4.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,010 ft at the bottom to 2,146 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 Lockwood San Ardo Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Lockwood San Ardo 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 Lockwood San Ardo Road
- How long and steep is the Lockwood San Ardo Road near King City climb?
- 5.0 miles (8.0 km) at 4.3% on average, climbing 1,135 ft (346 m) from 1,010 ft to 2,146 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.7%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.94715, -121.06421, and tops out at Williams Hill W1 at 35.98657, -121.01491.
- Is Lockwood San Ardo 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
- Frudden Road near King CityCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8.2% · 705 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Bryson Hesperia Road from Interlake RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5.5% · 666 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- Copperhead RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.2% · 607 ft · starts 7.8 mi away
- Frudden Road near King CityCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 3.9% · 620 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Lockwood San Ardo Road from Paris Valley RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.6% · 1,542 ft · starts 8.2 mi away
- Frudden Road near King CityCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8% · 653 ft · starts 9.2 mi away
- Bryson Hesperia RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 3.6% · 702 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Jolon RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.7% · 630 ft · starts 12 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.