Mountain View Road Climb from Highway 128
- long (3.4 km)
- 2.1 mi
- long (3.4 km)
- of climbing (234 m)
- 768 ft
- of climbing (234 m)
- average grade
- 7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 13.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 364 ft at the bottom to 1,132 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 Mountain View Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mountain View 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 Mountain View Road
- How long and steep is the Mountain View Road from Highway 128 climb?
- 2.1 miles (3.4 km) at 7% on average, climbing 768 ft (234 m) from 364 ft to 1,132 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 13.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.01227, -123.37254, where Mountain View Road leaves Highway 128, and tops out at Ravens Pike at 39.00608, -123.40197.
- Is Mountain View 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
- Deer Meadows RoadCat 2 · 2.2 mi at 10.6% · 1,220 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Boonville Road near UkiahCat 2 · 9.7 mi at 3.4% · 1,762 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- Peachland RoadCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 5.8% · 988 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Redwood Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.7% · 696 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Mountain View Road near Point ArenaCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 5.5% · 682 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Mountain View Road near Point ArenaCat 2 · 4.0 mi at 8.2% · 1,739 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Craig Mill RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7% · 581 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Whipple Ridge RoadCat 2 · 2.1 mi at 9.9% · 1,089 ft · starts 5.0 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.