Lick Observatory
- motorcycle crashes within a mile, 2021–2026
- 5
- motorcycle crashes within a mile, 2021–2026
- serious or fatal
- 3
- serious or fatal
- riding roads within 5 mi
- 1
- riding roads within 5 mi
Road conditions to Lick Observatory today
As of Fri, Nov 13, 9:19 PM Pacific, no Caltrans closures are listed on SR-130 within 25 miles of Lick Observatory today. No chain controls are listed.
Checked Fri, Nov 13, 9:19 PM Pacific, from Caltrans. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing, so check Caltrans QuickMap or call 1-800-427-7623 before you go. All riding roads this week
Weather at Lick Observatory this week
National Weather Service forecast at Lick Observatory (2,398 ft). Mountain weather changes with height.
Is it safe to ride a motorcycle to Lick Observatory?
We don't rate places, roads or trails as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a ride is, and places riders like draw more riders, so they see more crashes. What the records show: 5 motorcycle crashes were reported within a mile of Lick Observatory from 2021–2026, 3 of them serious or fatal (1 fatal). The riding roads that lead there: Mount Hamilton Road (19 crashes along 23.5 mapped miles). What to watch for on Mount Hamilton Road: Narrow with lots of blind corners, cyclists, and gravel. Slow, technical riding.
Riding roads that get you there
Where motorcycle crashes cluster near Lick Observatory
No spot within a mile of Lick Observatory has 3 or more reported motorcycle crashes; the 5 reported here are spread out.
Common questions about Lick Observatory
- Where is Lick Observatory?
- Observatory at the top of Mount Hamilton Road (SR-130), climbing from San José. Its location is 37.34318, -121.64529.
- Which riding roads go to Lick Observatory?
- Riding roads within 5 miles of Lick Observatory: Mount Hamilton Road (right by it). Each has a page with what the road is like, what to watch for and its crash record.
- What are the road conditions to Lick Observatory today?
- As of Fri, Nov 13, 9:19 PM Pacific, no Caltrans closures are listed on SR-130 within 25 miles of Lick Observatory today. No chain controls are listed. These lists don't include every closure (Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing), so check Caltrans QuickMap (quickmap.dot.ca.gov) or call 1-800-427-7623 before you go.
- How long does it take to ride to Lick Observatory?
- It depends where you start. On our motorcycling map, Ride to… gives the ride time from where you are, or from anywhere you move the map, and plans a route with the weather and the crashes reported along it.
- Where does this data come from?
- Crash counts are police reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on data.ca.gov, counted where they have map coordinates or could be placed from the street names on the report. The place's location is from OpenStreetMap, and the forecast from the National Weather Service.
Other places nearby
Picked by us. Location from OpenStreetMap. Crashes: motorcycle crashes reported within a mile, 2021–2026, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), counted where the report has map coordinates or could be placed from its street names. Weather: National Weather Service. Check opening hours and closures before you go. How the data works.