Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon)
- mapped
- 58.4 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 15
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 2
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon) open today?
No Caltrans closures listed.
1 more closure listed later this week
- One-way traffic controlFire Control Road → Drum Valley Road · Drainage Work · North / SouthMon 6:01 AM – Mon 5:59 PM; Tue 6:01 AM – Tue 5:59 PM; Wed 6:01 AM – Wed 5:59 PM; Thu 6:01 AM – Thu 5:59 PM; Fri 6:01 AM – Fri 5:59 PM · Caltrans
Checked Fri, Nov 13, 8:38 PM Pacific. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing. All riding roads this week.
Is Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon) safe to ride on a motorcycle?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a road is, and popular riding roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them. What the records show: 15 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 58.4 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 2 of them serious or fatal. 80% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Narrow with many blind corners, gravel and cattle. Little traffic, so help can be far away.
This week's weather
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Motorcycle crashes and deaths on Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon)
15 motorcycle crashes were reported within 60 m of the road from 2021–2025: 2 killed or seriously injured someone, and 0 were fatal. 80% involved no other vehicle. Busier roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them, so these counts don't say how risky the road is.
How riders crash here
80% of crashes here involve only the motorcycle, usually running wide or losing grip in a corner. Enter corners slower, look through the bend, and watch for gravel, sand and diesel.
Camping near Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon)
Campgrounds and RV parks within about 5 miles of the road (straight line), nearest first. Seasons, fire restrictions and closures change, so check with whoever runs it before you go.
- Sunset CampgroundNational Park Service · 149 sites · 6,531 ft · 1.8 mi from the road · water, toilets, feeOn the mapReserve
- Azalea CampgroundNational Park Service · 102 sites · 6,527 ft · 2 mi from the road · water, toilets, feeOn the mapReserve
- Crystal Springs Campground Mid-Sized Group SitesGroup campground · National Park Service · 14 sites · 6,634 ft · 2.4 mi from the road · feeOn the mapReserve
- Crystal Springs CampgroundNational Park Service · 34 sites · 6,633 ft · 2.4 mi from the road · feeOn the mapReserve
- Eshom Creek CampgroundForest Service · 17 sites · 4,799 ft · 2.7 mi from the road · feeOn the mapReserve
Campgrounds from Recreation.gov (federal campgrounds, 2026-10-18) and OpenStreetMap (2026-09-28); water, toilets and showers only where they're listed. Elevation from USGS.
Common questions about Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon)
- What is Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon) like to ride?
- Quiet, tight road climbing from Woodlake through the foothills toward Kings Canyon.
- How long is Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon)?
- About 58.4 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Highway 245 (Woodlake to Kings Canyon) open today?
- As of Fri, Nov 13, 8:38 PM Pacific, no Caltrans closures are listed on it today. These lists don't include every closure (Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing), so check Caltrans QuickMap before you go.
Other riding roads nearby
Crashes: motorcycle crashes reported within 60 m of the road, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS). Road: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather: National Weather Service. Distances to other roads are between their middles, in a straight line. How the data works.