Rolling Oaks Road Climb
- long (1.8 km)
- 1.1 mi
- long (1.8 km)
- of climbing (269 m)
- 883 ft
- of climbing (269 m)
- average grade
- 15.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 17.7%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,073 ft at the bottom to 2,956 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 Rolling Oaks Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Rolling 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 Rolling Oaks Road
- How long and steep is the Rolling Oaks Road climb?
- 1.1 miles (1.8 km) at 15.4% on average, climbing 883 ft (269 m) from 2,073 ft to 2,956 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 17.7%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.26261, -118.63409, and tops out at Hart Oaks Drive at 35.25592, -118.62449.
- Is Rolling 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
- Hart Oaks DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 8.9% · 692 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Clear Creek Road near TehachapiCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 9.8% · 942 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Caliente Bodfish Road near ArvinHC · 10 mi at 5.1% · 2,753 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Bealville RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 7.4% · 741 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Bear Mountain RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9% · 600 ft · starts 1.8 mi away
- Clear Creek Road from Hart Flat RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.9% · 791 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Owl CourtCat 3 · 0.3 mi at 34.7% · 617 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- El Camino DriveCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 10.6% · 587 ft · starts 4.4 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.