West Potrero Road Climb near Camarillo
- long (5.0 km)
- 3.1 mi
- long (5.0 km)
- of climbing (280 m)
- 919 ft
- of climbing (280 m)
- average grade
- 5.6%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 12.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 36 ft at the bottom to 955 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 West Potrero Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up West Potrero 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: 5 bike crashes were reported on or beside West Potrero Road along the climb from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal. Of the 4 where the cyclist's direction along the climb can be read, 4 were coming down and 0 going up.
Common questions about West Potrero Road
- How long and steep is the West Potrero Road near Camarillo climb?
- 3.1 miles (5.0 km) at 5.6% on average, climbing 919 ft (280 m) from 36 ft to 955 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 12.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 34.15876, -119.03964, and tops out at Via Acosta at 34.1584, -118.99004.
- Is West Potrero 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
- West Potrero Road from South Reino RoadCat 3 · 1.8 mi at 5.5% · 535 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Serrano RoadCat 3 · 1.9 mi at 6.7% · 669 ft · starts 5.4 mi away
- Worth WayCat 3 · 2.6 mi at 5.3% · 709 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Deer Creek Road from Pacific Coast HighwayCat 2 · 3.9 mi at 7.4% · 1,535 ft · starts 7.4 mi away
- South Ventu Park RoadCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.2% · 594 ft · starts 7.5 mi away
- Yerba Buena RoadCat 1 · 8.0 mi at 5.4% · 2,251 ft · starts 8.5 mi away
- Mulholland Highway near Westlake VillageCat 2 · 5.6 mi at 4.6% · 1,345 ft · starts 8.9 mi away
- Little Sycamore Canyon RoadCat 3 · 2.9 mi at 4.9% · 751 ft · starts 10 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.