Ridge Oaks Road Climb
- long (4.5 km)
- 2.8 mi
- long (4.5 km)
- of climbing (360 m)
- 1,181 ft
- of climbing (360 m)
- average grade
- 8.1%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 12.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 351 ft at the bottom to 1,532 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 Ridge Oaks Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Ridge Oaks 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 Ridge Oaks Road
- How long and steep is the Ridge Oaks Road climb?
- 2.8 miles (4.5 km) at 8.1% on average, climbing 1,181 ft (360 m) from 351 ft to 1,532 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.4%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.74202, -122.90812, where Ridge Oaks Road leaves Pocket Ranch Road, and tops out at Ridge Ranch Road at 38.76583, -122.9019.
- Is Ridge Oaks 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
- Pocket Ranch Road from Ridge Oaks RoadCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 8.9% · 1,135 ft · starts 0.1 mi away
- Coyote Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 6.6% · 531 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Pocket Ranch Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 8.4% · 541 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Highland Creek Ranch RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 6.5% · 971 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 5.1 mi at 3.3% · 899 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Henry RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.5% · 705 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Geysers Road near HealdsburgCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 8.8% · 843 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Geysers Road near HealdsburgCat 2 · 6.8 mi at 5.8% · 2,093 ft · starts 5.3 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.