Van Buren Boulevard Climb
- long (5.8 km)
- 3.6 mi
- long (5.8 km)
- of climbing (184 m)
- 604 ft
- of climbing (184 m)
- average grade
- 3.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 6.2%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 919 ft at the bottom to 1,522 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 Van Buren Boulevard this week
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Is it safe to bike up Van Buren Boulevard?
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 Riverside, where only 66% of reported bike crashes have a map location, so the numbers here are too low. What the records show: 1 bike crash was reported on or beside Van Buren Boulevard along the climb from 2021–2025.
Common questions about Van Buren Boulevard
- How long and steep is the Van Buren Boulevard climb?
- 3.6 miles (5.8 km) at 3.2% on average, climbing 604 ft (184 m) from 919 ft to 1,522 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 6.2%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.8992, -117.42926, where Van Buren Boulevard leaves Dufferin Avenue, and tops out at Suttles Drive at 33.88233, -117.3752.
- Is Van Buren Boulevard 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
- La Sierra AvenueCat 3 · 4.6 mi at 3% · 722 ft · starts 2.7 mi away
- Lakepointe Drive from Spring View CourtCat 3 · 1.4 mi at 8.3% · 620 ft · starts 2.9 mi away
- Lakepointe Drive from Buchanan StreetCat 2 · 2.6 mi at 8% · 1,093 ft · starts 4.0 mi away
- Onaknoll DriveCat 3 · 2.1 mi at 7.1% · 774 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Alessandro BoulevardCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.2% · 623 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Gavilan RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 3.6% · 541 ft · starts 6.0 mi away
- Ridgedale DriveCat 3 · 1.5 mi at 7.4% · 581 ft · starts 6.2 mi away
- Cajalco RoadCat 3 · 4.5 mi at 3% · 702 ft · starts 6.8 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.