Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road Climb near Cloverdale
- long (8.2 km)
- 5.1 mi
- long (8.2 km)
- of climbing (274 m)
- 899 ft
- of climbing (274 m)
- average grade
- 3.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 200 ft at the bottom to 1,099 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 Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs 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 Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road
- How long and steep is the Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near Cloverdale climb?
- 5.1 miles (8.2 km) at 3.3% on average, climbing 899 ft (274 m) from 200 ft to 1,099 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.1%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.71035, -122.97125, and tops out on the road at 38.69601, -123.01308.
- Is Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs 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
- Rockpile Road from Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 4% · 853 ft · starts 1.9 mi away
- Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road near CloverdaleCat 2 · 3.8 mi at 6.4% · 1,260 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Madrone Point Service RoadCat 3 · 1.1 mi at 11.1% · 620 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Highland Creek Ranch RoadCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 6.5% · 971 ft · starts 3.9 mi away
- Ridge Oaks RoadCat 2 · 2.8 mi at 8.1% · 1,181 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Pocket Ranch Road from Ridge Oaks RoadCat 2 · 2.4 mi at 8.9% · 1,135 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Coyote Ridge RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 6.6% · 531 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Henry RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.5% · 705 ft · starts 4.6 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.