South Ventu Park Road Climb
- long (2.5 km)
- 1.6 mi
- long (2.5 km)
- of climbing (181 m)
- 594 ft
- of climbing (181 m)
- average grade
- 7.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 666 ft at the bottom to 1,260 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 South Ventu Park Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up South Ventu Park 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 South Ventu Park Road
- How long and steep is the South Ventu Park Road climb?
- 1.6 miles (2.5 km) at 7.2% on average, climbing 594 ft (181 m) from 666 ft to 1,260 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.18037, -118.91106, where South Ventu Park Road leaves North Ventu Park Road, and ends at a gate at 34.16623, -118.91095.
- Is South Ventu Park Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 81% 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
- West Potrero Road from South Reino RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.5% · 535 ft · starts 3.0 mi away
- Westlake BoulevardCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 5.3% · 932 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Worth WayCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.3% · 709 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
- Little Sycamore Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.9% · 751 ft · starts 6.6 mi away
- Serrano RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.7% · 669 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Encinal Canyon Road near Westlake VillageCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.3% · 610 ft · starts 7.2 mi away
- West Potrero Road near CamarilloCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 5.6% · 919 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Stockton RoadCat 3 · 3.0 mi at 3.3% · 528 ft · starts 8.0 mi away
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Bike crash hotspots 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.