Old Highway 395 Climb from Dulin Road
- long (2.8 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.8 km)
- of climbing (195 m)
- 640 ft
- of climbing (195 m)
- average grade
- 6.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 243 ft at the bottom to 883 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 Old Highway 395 this week
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Is it safe to bike up Old Highway 395?
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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Old Highway 395 along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Old Highway 395
- How long and steep is the Old Highway 395 from Dulin Road climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.8 km) at 6.9% on average, climbing 640 ft (195 m) from 243 ft to 883 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.31978, -117.16021, where Old Highway 395 leaves Dulin Road, and tops out at Bonsall Reservior Road at 33.29761, -117.15348.
- Is Old Highway 395 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
- Old Highway 395 from Pala Mesa DriveCat 3 · 3.2 mi at 3.1% · 538 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Couser Canyon RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 4.9% · 866 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Rice Canyon Road from Pala RoadCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 4.2% · 732 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Rancho Amigos RoadCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 7.2% · 531 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Pala Mesa Mountain DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.8% · 574 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Huntley RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.6% · 633 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- North Old Highway 395Cat 3 · 1.9 mi at 5.5% · 551 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Stewart Crest RoadCat 3 · 0.6 mi at 17.6% · 528 ft · starts 3.9 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.