Navarro River Road Climb
- long (1.7 km)
- 1.0 mi
- long (1.7 km)
- of climbing (189 m)
- 620 ft
- of climbing (189 m)
- average grade
- 11.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 14.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 23 ft at the bottom to 643 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 Navarro River Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Navarro 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 Navarro River Road
- How long and steep is the Navarro River Road climb?
- 1.0 miles (1.7 km) at 11.3% on average, climbing 620 ft (189 m) from 23 ft to 643 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 14.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.19159, -123.7385, and tops out at Cameron Road at 39.18515, -123.73772.
- Is Navarro River Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 86% 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
- Cameron Road from Shoreline HighwayCat 3 · 5.2 mi at 3.5% · 948 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Philo Greenwood Road near Point ArenaCat 2 · 3.5 mi at 6.4% · 1,168 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Philo Greenwood Road near Point ArenaCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 3.9% · 551 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
- Docker Hill DriveCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 9.4% · 860 ft · starts 7.6 mi away
- Comptche Ukiah RoadCat 2 · 6.2 mi at 3.5% · 1,129 ft · starts 7.7 mi away
- Tram WayCat 3 · 1.0 mi at 10.7% · 584 ft · starts 8.1 mi away
- Navarro Ridge RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 6.9% · 1,037 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- Wendling Soda Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 8.3% · 768 ft · starts 11 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.