Maple Creek Road Climb near Blue Lake
- long (4.1 km)
- 2.5 mi
- long (4.1 km)
- of climbing (340 m)
- 1,115 ft
- of climbing (340 m)
- average grade
- 8.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 131 ft at the bottom to 1,247 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 Maple Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Maple Creek 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 Maple Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Maple Creek Road near Blue Lake climb?
- 2.5 miles (4.1 km) at 8.3% on average, climbing 1,115 ft (340 m) from 131 ft to 1,247 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.4%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 40.87043, -123.96165, and tops out at Bald Mountain Road at 40.8604, -123.93455.
- Is Maple Creek 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
- Bald Mountain Road from Maple Creek RoadCat 2 · 6.0 mi at 4.9% · 1,552 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road near Blue LakeCat 2 · 4.1 mi at 6.8% · 1,460 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Liscom Hill Road from Glendale DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 9.5% · 860 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Trinity Highway near Blue LakeCat 2 · 6.2 mi at 5.4% · 1,749 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Fickle Hill Road near ArcataCat 3 · 4.1 mi at 4% · 853 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Maple Creek Road near Blue LakeCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 3.3% · 568 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Ward RoadCat 1 · 5.4 mi at 8.5% · 2,411 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Splinter RoadCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 14.3% · 725 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.