Padua Avenue Climb
- long (5.1 km)
- 3.2 mi
- long (5.1 km)
- of climbing (250 m)
- 820 ft
- of climbing (250 m)
- average grade
- 4.9%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,522 ft at the bottom to 2,343 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 Padua Avenue this week
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Is it safe to bike up Padua Avenue?
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 Upland, where only 55% 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 Padua Avenue
- How long and steep is the Padua Avenue climb?
- 3.2 miles (5.1 km) at 4.9% on average, climbing 820 ft (250 m) from 1,522 ft to 2,343 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.12158, -117.69846, where Padua Avenue leaves Base Line Road, and tops out at Palmer Canyon Road at 34.16514, -117.70063.
- Is Padua Avenue 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 Mills AvenueCat 2 · 4.7 mi at 4.5% · 1,109 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Mount Baldy RoadHC · 13 mi at 7.4% · 5,256 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- Gale TrailCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 13.4% · 538 ft · starts 1.5 mi away
- North Mountain AvenueCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 3.3% · 653 ft · starts 2.2 mi away
- Benson AvenueCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.2% · 666 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 4.1% · 997 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- North Euclid Avenue from South Euclid Avenue near UplandCat 3 · 3.9 mi at 3.3% · 679 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- San Antonio AvenueCat 3 · 5.4 mi at 3.2% · 909 ft · starts 3.9 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.