Maple Springs Road Climb
- long (21.1 km)
- 13 mi
- long (21.1 km)
- of climbing (1,076 m)
- 3,530 ft
- of climbing (1,076 m)
- average grade
- 5.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 988 ft at the bottom to 4,518 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 Springs Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Maple Springs 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: 4 bike crashes were reported on or beside Maple Springs Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal (1 fatal). Of the 3 where the cyclist's direction along the climb can be read, 2 were coming down and 1 going up.
Common questions about Maple Springs Road
- How long and steep is the Maple Springs Road climb?
- 13 miles (21.1 km) at 5.1% on average, climbing 3,530 ft (1,076 m) from 988 ft to 4,518 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.5%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.74824, -117.67308, where Maple Springs Road leaves Santiago Canyon Road, and ends at a gate at 33.72891, -117.54701.
- Is Maple Springs Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 67% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- Harding Truck TrailHC · dirt · 9.2 mi at 6.4% · 3,091 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- El Toro Road from Saddleback Church RoadCat 3 · 3.6 mi at 3.2% · 604 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- South Serrano AvenueCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 8.1% · 525 ft · starts 8.6 mi away
- Camino de BryantCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.6% · 650 ft · starts 9.0 mi away
- Weir Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 4.1% · 571 ft · starts 9.6 mi away
- Bedford RoadHC · dirt · 6.1 mi at 8.6% · 2,756 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Fullerton AvenueCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 3.8% · 568 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Cajalco RoadCat 3 · 4.5 mi at 3% · 702 ft · starts 11 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots nearby
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: 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.