Stockton Road Climb
- long (4.8 km)
- 3.0 mi
- long (4.8 km)
- of climbing (161 m)
- 528 ft
- of climbing (161 m)
- average grade
- 3.3%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 545 ft at the bottom to 1,073 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 Stockton Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Stockton 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: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Stockton Road along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Stockton Road
- How long and steep is the Stockton Road climb?
- 3.0 miles (4.8 km) at 3.3% on average, climbing 528 ft (161 m) from 545 ft to 1,073 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.29138, -118.9512, where Stockton Road leaves East Road, and tops out on the road at 34.32408, -118.92732.
- Is Stockton 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
- South Mountain Lookout Road near Santa PaulaCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 9.3% · 948 ft · starts 3.7 mi away
- Worth WayCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.3% · 709 ft · starts 4.1 mi away
- Happy Camp Road from Walnut Canyon RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.1% · 679 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Balcom Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.8% · 682 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- South Mountain Lookout Road from Mountain Lookout RoadCat 3 · 0.9 mi at 11.3% · 561 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Toland RoadCat 3 · 2.3 mi at 6.6% · 817 ft · starts 6.5 mi away
- Morgan Canyon Road from Richardson Canyon RoadCat 2 · 3.3 mi at 6.8% · 1,165 ft · starts 6.6 mi away
- Lemon Lease RoadCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 11.3% · 702 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
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.