Sunny Vista Road Climb
- long (3.9 km)
- 2.4 mi
- long (3.9 km)
- of climbing (176 m)
- 577 ft
- of climbing (176 m)
- average grade
- 4.5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 2,890 ft at the bottom to 3,468 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 Sunny Vista Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Sunny Vista 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 Sunny Vista Road
- How long and steep is the Sunny Vista Road climb?
- 2.4 miles (3.9 km) at 4.5% on average, climbing 577 ft (176 m) from 2,890 ft to 3,468 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.14251, -116.33475, where Sunny Vista Road leaves Terrace Drive, and tops out at Mountain View Trail at 34.10804, -116.33556.
- Is Sunny Vista Road paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 79% 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
- Sunset RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 3.5% · 679 ft · starts 1.0 mi away
- Old Woman Springs RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.2% · 551 ft · starts 4.6 mi away
- Sage AvenueCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.1% · 538 ft · starts 5.2 mi away
- Indian Cove RoadCat 3 · 3.3 mi at 4.2% · 741 ft · starts 10 mi away
- 29 Palms Highway near Yucca ValleyCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.2% · 594 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Linn RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 3.2% · 646 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Big Morongo Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 10 mi at 7.1% · 3,885 ft · starts 14 mi away
- Pipes Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 12 mi at 6.1% · 3,973 ft · starts 14 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.