Valley Center Road Climb from Lake Wohlford Road
- long (4.7 km)
- 2.9 mi
- long (4.7 km)
- of climbing (236 m)
- 774 ft
- of climbing (236 m)
- average grade
- 5%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 11.4%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 728 ft at the bottom to 1,503 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 Valley Center Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Valley Center 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 Valley Center Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.
Common questions about Valley Center Road
- How long and steep is the Valley Center Road from Lake Wohlford Road climb?
- 2.9 miles (4.7 km) at 5% on average, climbing 774 ft (236 m) from 728 ft to 1,503 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 11.4%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.16075, -117.03037, where Valley Center Road leaves Lake Wohlford Road, and tops out at Ridge Ranch Road at 33.19894, -117.03079.
- Is Valley Center 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
- Lake Wohlford RoadCat 3 · 4.0 mi at 3.9% · 833 ft · starts 0.0 mi away
- Valley Center Road near EscondidoCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 5.8% · 653 ft · starts 0.7 mi away
- La Honda DriveCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 8.6% · 623 ft · starts 1.6 mi away
- Kaywood DriveCat 3 · 2.0 mi at 7.1% · 751 ft · starts 3.3 mi away
- Rockwood RoadCat 2 · 3.5 mi at 6.7% · 1,230 ft · starts 4.4 mi away
- Paradise Mountain RoadCat 3 · 3.8 mi at 3.3% · 673 ft · starts 4.5 mi away
- Miller RoadCat 3 · 2.4 mi at 4.2% · 528 ft · starts 5.6 mi away
- Highland Valley RoadCat 2 · 5.4 mi at 4.6% · 1,309 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
Places to ride to nearby
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.