Noriega Street Climb
- long (3.8 km)
- 2.3 mi
- long (3.8 km)
- of climbing (175 m)
- 574 ft
- of climbing (175 m)
- average grade
- 4.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 26 ft at the bottom to 600 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 Noriega Street this week
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Is it safe to bike up Noriega Street?
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 San Francisco, where only 2% 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 Noriega Street
- How long and steep is the Noriega Street climb?
- 2.3 miles (3.8 km) at 4.6% on average, climbing 574 ft (175 m) from 26 ft to 600 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.75288, -122.50757, where Noriega Street leaves 48th Avenue, and tops out at Grand View Hill at 37.75523, -122.47127.
- Is Noriega Street 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
- Quintara StreetCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7% · 558 ft · starts 0.8 mi away
- Ulloa StreetCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 3.6% · 564 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Duncan StreetCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.4% · 528 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Guadalupe Canyon ParkwayCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.1% · 535 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Conzelman RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.7% · 751 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Hickey BoulevardCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 5.9% · 541 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Manor DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.5% · 591 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- Westborough BoulevardCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.8% · 607 ft · starts 7.8 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.