Zachery Road Climb
- long (3.8 km)
- 2.4 mi
- long (3.8 km)
- of climbing (239 m)
- 784 ft
- of climbing (239 m)
- average grade
- 6.2%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.8%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 3,301 ft at the bottom to 4,085 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 Zachery Road this week
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Is it safe to bike up Zachery 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 Zachery Road
- How long and steep is the Zachery Road climb?
- 2.4 miles (3.8 km) at 6.2% on average, climbing 784 ft (239 m) from 3,301 ft to 4,085 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.8%. That makes it a Category 3 climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 35.31296, -118.33591, where Zachery Road leaves Back Canyon Road, and tops out at Zackery Road at 35.28816, -118.3464.
- Is Zachery 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
- Paradise Valley RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4.5% · 745 ft · starts 2.6 mi away
- Sand Canyon Road from Caliente Creek RoadCat 2 · 5.9 mi at 4.8% · 1,509 ft · starts 4.7 mi away
- Franceschi Mine RoadHC · dirt · 6.1 mi at 8.5% · 2,759 ft · starts 4.8 mi away
- Piute Mountain Road from Walker Basin RoadHC · dirt · 8.0 mi at 9.1% · 3,855 ft · starts 6.4 mi away
- Jawbone Canyon Road near TehachapiHC · dirt · 7.5 mi at 7.8% · 3,077 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
- Saint Candor near TehachapiCat 3 · 1.6 mi at 7.8% · 663 ft · starts 6.9 mi away
- Saint Candor from Caliente Creek RoadCat 1 · 5.9 mi at 7.8% · 2,441 ft · starts 7.0 mi away
- Kelso Valley RoadCat 2 · 7.2 mi at 3% · 1,135 ft · starts 7.1 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.