Meyers Grade Road Climb
- long (4.8 km)
- 3.0 mi
- long (4.8 km)
- of climbing (313 m)
- 1,027 ft
- of climbing (313 m)
- average grade
- 6.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 610 ft at the bottom to 1,637 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 Meyers Grade Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Meyers Grade 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 Meyers Grade Road
- How long and steep is the Meyers Grade Road climb?
- 3.0 miles (4.8 km) at 6.5% on average, climbing 1,027 ft (313 m) from 610 ft to 1,637 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.47913, -123.16352, where Meyers Grade Road leaves Coast Highway, and tops out on the road at 38.51112, -123.1961.
- Is Meyers Grade 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
- Coast HighwayCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.2% · 587 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Fort Ross Road from Bohan Dillon RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 4.7% · 554 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Fort Ross Road from Niestrath RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.1% · 604 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Kidd Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 10.8% · 974 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Pearl AvenueCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 12.3% · 1,558 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Fort Ross Road from Coast HighwayCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 10.9% · 1,365 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Chimney Rock Road from Austin Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 14.4% · 935 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
- Redwood Heights DriveCat 3 · 0.5 mi at 22.9% · 623 ft · starts 5.4 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.