Old Lawley Toll Road Climb
- long (5.0 km)
- 3.1 mi
- long (5.0 km)
- of climbing (327 m)
- 1,073 ft
- of climbing (327 m)
- average grade
- 6.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 440 ft at the bottom to 1,512 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 Lawley Toll Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Old Lawley Toll 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 Old Lawley Toll Road
- How long and steep is the Old Lawley Toll Road climb?
- 3.1 miles (5.0 km) at 6.5% on average, climbing 1,073 ft (327 m) from 440 ft to 1,512 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.60815, -122.59085, and tops out at Lake County Highway at 38.6404, -122.59652.
- Is Old Lawley Toll 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
- Lake County HighwayCat 2 · 7.5 mi at 4.8% · 1,896 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- Petrified Forest RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.2% · 764 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Kortum Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 7.2% · 827 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Yellow Jacket Ranch Road near CalistogaCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 7.9% · 531 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Diamond Mountain Road from Saint Helena HighwayCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 8.2% · 1,444 ft · starts 3.2 mi away
- Mount Saint Helena TrailCat 1 · dirt · 5.4 mi at 7.4% · 2,129 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Fechter RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.5% · 636 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Yellow Jacket Ranch Road near CalistogaCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 6.7% · 741 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Category 2: 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.