Mulholland Drive Climb
- long (6.2 km)
- 3.8 mi
- long (6.2 km)
- of climbing (223 m)
- 732 ft
- of climbing (223 m)
- average grade
- 3.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,191 ft at the bottom to 1,923 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 Mulholland Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Mulholland Drive?
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. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under Los Angeles, where only 3% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Mulholland Drive
- How long and steep is the Mulholland Drive climb?
- 3.8 miles (6.2 km) at 3.6% on average, climbing 732 ft (223 m) from 1,191 ft to 1,923 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.12639, -118.47519, where Mulholland Drive leaves Skirball Center Drive, and tops out at Sullivan Fire Road at 34.12897, -118.52763.
- Is Mulholland Drive paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 51% 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
- Encino Hills DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.7% · 571 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Escalon DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.1% · 600 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Beverly Glen BoulevardCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6% · 541 ft · starts 2.1 mi away
- Roscomare RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.9% · 673 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Dixie Canyon AvenueCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.1% · 548 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Stradella RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.3% · 604 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Alonzo AvenueCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.5% · 630 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Stone Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.5% · 604 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots nearby
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.