Oak Glen Road Climb from Yucaipa Boulevard
- long (14.5 km)
- 9.0 mi
- long (14.5 km)
- of climbing (797 m)
- 2,615 ft
- of climbing (797 m)
- average grade
- 5.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,274 ft at the bottom to 4,888 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 Oak Glen Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Oak Glen 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 Oak Glen Road
- How long and steep is the Oak Glen Road from Yucaipa Boulevard climb?
- 9.0 miles (14.5 km) at 5.5% on average, climbing 2,615 ft (797 m) from 2,274 ft to 4,888 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8.5%. That makes it a Category 1 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.03432, -117.07289, where Oak Glen Road leaves Yucaipa Boulevard, and tops out on the road at 34.04449, -116.94383.
- Is Oak Glen 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
- Avenue ECat 3 · 4.4 mi at 4.3% · 997 ft · starts 0.9 mi away
- Wildwood Canyon RoadCat 2 · 6.6 mi at 4.2% · 1,460 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Carter StreetCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 6% · 814 ft · starts 2.8 mi away
- Yucaipa Ridge Truck TrailCat 1 · dirt · 6.3 mi at 7.2% · 2,415 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Pisgah Peak RoadCat 1 · dirt · 5.6 mi at 7.8% · 2,303 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial HighwayHC · 26 mi at 3.7% · 5,118 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Thomas Hunting Grounds RoadHC · dirt · 9.4 mi at 6% · 3,009 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Smiley BoulevardCat 2 · 3.6 mi at 5.9% · 1,102 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
Bike crash hotspots nearby
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 1: 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.