Rafello Drive Climb
- long (2.9 km)
- 1.8 mi
- long (2.9 km)
- of climbing (254 m)
- 833 ft
- of climbing (254 m)
- average grade
- 8.8%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 18.5%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 951 ft at the bottom to 1,785 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 Rafello Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Rafello Drive?
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 Rafello Drive
- How long and steep is the Rafello Drive climb?
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km) at 8.8% on average, climbing 833 ft (254 m) from 951 ft to 1,785 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 18.5%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 39.19429, -123.16049, where Rafello Drive leaves Deerwood Drive Extension, and tops out on the road at 39.19458, -123.13426.
- Is Rafello Drive paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 60% of the climb as paved, and the rest as dirt or gravel.
- 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
- King Ranch RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 8.5% · 797 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Vista del Lago Road near UkiahCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 12.1% · 955 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Vista del Lago Road near UkiahCat 3 · 0.8 mi at 13.2% · 574 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Orr Springs Road from Industry RoadCat 2 · 7.2 mi at 4.9% · 1,877 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Kirk DriveCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.7% · 561 ft · starts 3.5 mi away
- Black Bart Trail near UkiahCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 7.9% · 719 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Mill Creek Road from Mindfulness AvenueCat 2 · 5.2 mi at 6.3% · 1,739 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Black Bart Trail near UkiahCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.7% · 745 ft · starts 4.5 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.