McGee Creek Road Climb
- long (5.4 km)
- 3.3 mi
- long (5.4 km)
- of climbing (292 m)
- 958 ft
- of climbing (292 m)
- average grade
- 5.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 6,896 ft at the bottom to 7,854 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 McGee Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up McGee 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 McGee Creek Road
- How long and steep is the McGee Creek Road climb?
- 3.3 miles (5.4 km) at 5.4% on average, climbing 958 ft (292 m) from 6,896 ft to 7,854 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.58873, -118.78344, where McGee Creek Road leaves Route 395, and ends where the road ends at 37.55148, -118.80185.
- Is McGee Creek Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 71% 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
- McGee Mountain RoadHC · dirt · 6.6 mi at 9.9% · 3,438 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Benton Crossing Road near Mammoth LakesCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 3.2% · 673 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Rock Creek Road from Route 395HC · 10 mi at 5.8% · 3,186 ft · starts 6.1 mi away
- Laurel Mountain TrailHC · dirt · 4.6 mi at 11.4% · 2,756 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Main Street near Mammoth LakesCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 3.4% · 554 ft · starts 8.7 mi away
- Sand CanyonHC · dirt · 9.1 mi at 7.4% · 3,537 ft · starts 9.4 mi away
- Old Mammoth RoadCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 5.3% · 899 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Minaret RoadCat 2 · 6.8 mi at 3.6% · 1,280 ft · starts 11 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.