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 2021–2025, 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.

• Mount Hamilton RoadHundreds of corners up to Lick Observatory.Passes right by it · 23.5 mi of road · 19 motorcycle crashes (1 fatal)

No spot within a mile of Lick Observatory has 3 or more reported motorcycle crashes; the 5 reported here are spread out.

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.

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 only where they have map coordinates. The place's location is from OpenStreetMap, and the forecast from the National Weather Service.