San Felipe Road Climb
- long (8.7 km)
- 5.4 mi
- long (8.7 km)
- of climbing (281 m)
- 922 ft
- of climbing (281 m)
- average grade
- 3.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.6%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 335 ft at the bottom to 1,257 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 San Felipe Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up San Felipe 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. The records here are also incomplete: most reports along it are filed under San Jose, where only 28% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside San Felipe Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about San Felipe Road
- How long and steep is the San Felipe Road climb?
- 5.4 miles (8.7 km) at 3.2% on average, climbing 922 ft (281 m) from 335 ft to 1,257 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.6%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 37.29916, -121.77132, where San Felipe Road leaves Yerba Buena Road, and tops out on the road at 37.25742, -121.69713.
- Is San Felipe 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
- Aborn RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 7.2% · 827 ft · starts 1.3 mi away
- Quimby Road from Davidwood WayCat 2 · 4.6 mi at 8.3% · 2,021 ft · starts 2.0 mi away
- Higuera RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.7% · 614 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Higuera Highland LaneCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 13.4% · 860 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Quimby Road from Mount Hamilton RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 8.9% · 535 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Mount Hamilton Road near San JoseCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.6% · 758 ft · starts 4.2 mi away
- Clayton RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 4.3% · 922 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Metcalf RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 8.5% · 1,007 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.