Verbena Drive Climb
- long (3.8 km)
- 2.4 mi
- long (3.8 km)
- of climbing (170 m)
- 558 ft
- of climbing (170 m)
- average grade
- 4.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 7.3%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 1,004 ft at the bottom to 1,562 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 Verbena Drive this week
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Is it safe to bike up Verbena Drive?
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 Verbena Drive
- How long and steep is the Verbena Drive climb?
- 2.4 miles (3.8 km) at 4.4% on average, climbing 558 ft (170 m) from 1,004 ft to 1,562 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 7.3%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 33.95224, -116.49231, where Verbena Drive leaves Rochelle Road, and tops out at Valencia Drive at 33.98269, -116.49397.
- Is Verbena Drive paved?
- Mostly: OpenStreetMap tags 94% 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
- Little Morongo Canyon RoadCat 1 · dirt · 8.2 mi at 5.9% · 2,582 ft · starts 3.8 mi away
- 29 Palms Highway near Desert Hot SpringsCat 2 · 9.1 mi at 3.3% · 1,588 ft · starts 6.7 mi away
- Tramway Road from North Palm Canyon DriveCat 2 · 3.2 mi at 8.7% · 1,496 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Big Morongo Canyon RoadHC · dirt · 10 mi at 7.1% · 3,885 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- 29 Palms Highway near Yucca ValleyCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 6.2% · 594 ft · starts 10 mi away
- Falls Creek RoadCat 3 · 1.3 mi at 9% · 600 ft · starts 12 mi away
- Sage AvenueCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 4.1% · 538 ft · starts 13 mi away
- Old Woman Springs RoadCat 3 · 1.7 mi at 6.2% · 551 ft · starts 13 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.