Rockwood Road Climb
- long (5.6 km)
- 3.5 mi
- long (5.6 km)
- of climbing (375 m)
- 1,230 ft
- of climbing (375 m)
- average grade
- 6.7%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 9.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 607 ft at the bottom to 1,837 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 Rockwood Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Rockwood 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 Rockwood Road
- How long and steep is the Rockwood Road climb?
- 3.5 miles (5.6 km) at 6.7% on average, climbing 1,230 ft (375 m) from 607 ft to 1,837 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 9.9%. That makes it a Category 2 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.10299, -116.99951, where Rockwood Road leaves Old Battlefield Road, and ends where the road ends at 33.12386, -116.96588.
- Is Rockwood Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 51% 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
- Highland Valley RoadCat 2 · 5.4 mi at 4.6% · 1,309 ft · starts 3.4 mi away
- Lake Wohlford RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 3.9% · 833 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Valley Center Road from Lake Wohlford RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 5% · 774 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Valley Center Road near EscondidoCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.8% · 653 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- La Honda DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 8.6% · 623 ft · starts 5.0 mi away
- Horizon View DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9.1% · 561 ft · starts 5.9 mi away
- Kaywood DriveCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.1% · 751 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Paradise Mountain RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 3.3% · 673 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
Bike crash hotspots 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.