Sand Ridge Road Climb from Stone Broke Road
- long (5.1 km)
- 3.2 mi
- long (5.1 km)
- of climbing (289 m)
- 948 ft
- of climbing (289 m)
- average grade
- 5.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 840 ft at the bottom to 1,788 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 Sand Ridge Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Sand Ridge 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 Sand Ridge Road
- How long and steep is the Sand Ridge Road from Stone Broke Road climb?
- 3.2 miles (5.1 km) at 5.6% on average, climbing 948 ft (289 m) from 840 ft to 1,788 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.58916, -120.84455, where Sand Ridge Road leaves Stone Broke Road, and tops out at Sandridge Crest Court at 38.59909, -120.79938.
- Is Sand Ridge 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
- State Highway 49 near PlymouthCat 3 · 5.2 mi at 3.8% · 1,043 ft · starts 1.7 mi away
- Sand Ridge Road from Cosumnes Acres RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 7.1% · 689 ft · starts 3.1 mi away
- Bell RoadCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 3.9% · 705 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Union Mine RoadCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 5% · 531 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- D'Agostini DriveCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 4.6% · 548 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Bumper RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9% · 558 ft · starts 4.9 mi away
- Holly DriveCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.7% · 623 ft · starts 5.1 mi away
- Somerset Drive near PlacervilleCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9.6% · 640 ft · starts 5.8 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.