Stone Canyon Road Climb
- long (4.1 km)
- 2.5 mi
- long (4.1 km)
- of climbing (184 m)
- 604 ft
- of climbing (184 m)
- average grade
- 4.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 15.9%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 449 ft at the bottom to 1,053 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 Stone Canyon Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Stone Canyon 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 Beverly Hills, where only 48% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: no bike crashes were reported along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Stone Canyon Road
- How long and steep is the Stone Canyon Road climb?
- 2.5 miles (4.1 km) at 4.5% on average, climbing 604 ft (184 m) from 449 ft to 1,053 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 15.9%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.07854, -118.44259, where Stone Canyon Road leaves West Sunset Boulevard, and ends where the road ends at 34.10273, -118.45795.
- Is Stone Canyon 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
- Bel Air RoadCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.1% · 571 ft · starts 0.4 mi away
- North Beverly Glen BoulevardCat 3 · 3.4 mi at 4.6% · 820 ft · starts 0.5 mi away
- Stradella RoadCat 3 · 2.7 mi at 4.3% · 604 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- Angelo DriveCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 6.8% · 568 ft · starts 1.1 mi away
- Roscomare RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.9% · 673 ft · starts 1.2 mi away
- Tower Grove DriveCat 3 · 1.2 mi at 9% · 564 ft · starts 1.4 mi away
- Benedict Canyon DriveCat 3 · 5.0 mi at 3.4% · 896 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Coldwater Canyon DriveCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.8% · 712 ft · starts 1.9 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.