North Road Climb from Lake Gregory Drive near San Bernardino
- long (2.8 km)
- 1.7 mi
- long (2.8 km)
- of climbing (187 m)
- 614 ft
- of climbing (187 m)
- average grade
- 6.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 5,154 ft at the bottom to 5,768 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 North Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up North 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 North Road
- How long and steep is the North Road from Lake Gregory Drive near San Bernardino climb?
- 1.7 miles (2.8 km) at 6.7% on average, climbing 614 ft (187 m) from 5,154 ft to 5,768 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.22873, -117.25122, where North Road leaves Lake Gregory Drive, and tops out at Rose Lane at 34.23896, -117.2336.
- Is North 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
- North Road from Lake Gregory Drive near San BernardinoCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5.3% · 568 ft · starts 0.1 mi away
- Arosa DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 9.9% · 600 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Lake Gregory DriveCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.2% · 591 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Old Waterman Canyon RoadCat 2 · 3.0 mi at 8.4% · 1,355 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- State Highway 189Cat 3 · 3.3 mi at 3.6% · 630 ft · starts 3.6 mi away
- Mojave River RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.4% · 538 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Rim of the World Highway from North Waterman Avenue near San BernardinoHC · 22 mi at 4.4% · 4,997 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Cumberland DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.7% · 617 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
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.