Mojave River Road Climb
- long (3.0 km)
- 1.9 mi
- long (3.0 km)
- of climbing (164 m)
- 538 ft
- of climbing (164 m)
- average grade
- 5.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 4,573 ft at the bottom to 5,112 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 Mojave River Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mojave River 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 Mojave River Road
- How long and steep is the Mojave River Road climb?
- 1.9 miles (3.0 km) at 5.4% on average, climbing 538 ft (164 m) from 4,573 ft to 5,112 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.26128, -117.32188, where Mojave River Road leaves Burnt Mill Canyon Road, and tops out on the road at 34.25446, -117.32152.
- Is Mojave River 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
- Sawpit Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 8% · 886 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Bailey Canyon Road from Cleghorn RoadCat 1 · dirt · 9.9 mi at 4.1% · 2,142 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Lake Gregory DriveCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.2% · 591 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Arosa DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.9% · 600 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- North Road from Lake Gregory Drive near San BernardinoCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.7% · 614 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- North Road from Lake Gregory Drive near San BernardinoCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.3% · 568 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Canon StreetCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 14.4% · 797 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Bailey Canyon Road from Palm AvenueHC · dirt · 8.9 mi at 8.2% · 3,852 ft · starts 5.6 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.