Mill Creek Road Climb from Mindfulness Avenue
- long (8.4 km)
- 5.2 mi
- long (8.4 km)
- of climbing (530 m)
- 1,739 ft
- of climbing (530 m)
- average grade
- 6.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 650 ft at the bottom to 2,388 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 Mill Creek Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mill 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 Mill Creek Road
- How long and steep is the Mill Creek Road from Mindfulness Avenue climb?
- 5.2 miles (8.4 km) at 6.3% on average, climbing 1,739 ft (530 m) from 650 ft to 2,388 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.8%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.1293, -123.15989, where Mill Creek Road leaves Mindfulness Avenue, and tops out on the road at 39.10158, -123.08871.
- Is Mill Creek Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 81% 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
- Mendo Rock RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.6 mi at 7.4% · 2,182 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Crestview Drive from South Dora StreetCat 2 · 1.9 mi at 15.4% · 1,549 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Boonville Road from Stipp LaneCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.8% · 1,614 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Redwood AvenueCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 14.3% · 577 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Robinson Creek RoadCat 2 · 6.4 mi at 4.8% · 1,634 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Rafello DriveCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 8.8% · 833 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Orr Springs Road from Industry RoadCat 2 · 7.2 mi at 4.9% · 1,877 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- McNab Ranch Road from Butler Ranch RoadCat 3 · 0.7 mi at 14.4% · 561 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
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.