Rockpile Road Climb near Cloverdale
- long (3.7 km)
- 2.3 mi
- long (3.7 km)
- of climbing (191 m)
- 627 ft
- of climbing (191 m)
- average grade
- 5.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,214 ft at the bottom to 1,841 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 Rockpile Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Rockpile 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 Rockpile Road
- How long and steep is the Rockpile Road near Cloverdale climb?
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km) at 5.2% on average, climbing 627 ft (191 m) from 1,214 ft to 1,841 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.73558, -123.09233, and tops out on the road at 38.75041, -123.12599.
- Is Rockpile 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
- Old Skaggs Springs RoadCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 3.6% · 617 ft · starts 2.3 mi away
- Hot Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.8% · 663 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Madrone Point Service RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.1% · 620 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 6.9% · 768 ft · starts 4.3 mi away
- Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 7.2% · 1,073 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 8% · 689 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Rockpile Road from Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 4% · 853 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Cooley Ranch RoadCat 2 · 2.9 mi at 9.2% · 1,398 ft · starts 5.1 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.