Bear Creek Road
A winding mountain connector above Boulder Creek, with close corners and residential entrances.
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Road shape
- Length
- 12.9 mi
- Bends
- 93
- Switchbacks
- 14
- Bends per mile
- 7.2
- Turning per mile
- 782°
- Curviest rank
- 25of 85
Measured from the OpenStreetMap centreline at a 20 m sampling step — road shape only, not a safety or speed judgement. How bends are counted.
Elevation
- Total climb
- 3,420ft
- Climb per mile
- 265ft
- Highest point
- 2,208ft
- Steepest grade
- 10.5%
Sampled every 100 m from USGS 10 m elevation data, a public-domain federal dataset. Total climb counts vertical change in both directions, so it does not depend on which way you drive. How elevation is measured.
Speed limits
30–35 mph
Published limits
30–35 mph in the documented sections; limits vary elsewhere.
County code: 30 mph from Hwy 9 to Keller Drive; 35 mph from Pilger Road to Hwy 35. Other sections not verified.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 3/3 (Demanding) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Technical” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- r/Touge · Bay Area drives ↗
- r/bayarea · Favorite driving roads ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (19 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-08. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.