McCray Road Climb
- long (3.3 km)
- 2.1 mi
- long (3.3 km)
- of climbing (161 m)
- 528 ft
- of climbing (161 m)
- average grade
- 4.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,641 ft at the bottom to 3,169 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 McCray Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up McCray 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 McCray Road
- How long and steep is the McCray Road climb?
- 2.1 miles (3.3 km) at 4.8% on average, climbing 528 ft (161 m) from 2,641 ft to 3,169 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.63971, -118.4054, where McCray Road leaves Isabella Walker Pass Road, and tops out at Bobcat Drive at 35.61194, -118.41146.
- Is McCray 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
- Cook Peak RoadCat 1 · 6.4 mi at 7.4% · 2,474 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Sierra WayCat 3 · 0.2 mi at 85.3% · 784 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Sierra Way from Patterson LaneCat 3 · 0.1 mi at 215% · 774 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Keyesville RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 4.5% · 817 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Bella Vista DriveCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.8% · 541 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Sawmill Road from Wofford Heights BoulevardHC · dirt · 10 mi at 6.3% · 3,323 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Deadrich AvenueCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11% · 548 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Evans Road from Wofford Heights BoulevardHC · 8.1 mi at 8.1% · 3,451 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
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.