Highway 1 · Coastside
The coastal highway from Pacifica toward Santa Cruz, via Half Moon Bay, Pescadero and Davenport. Town sections are slower.
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Road shape
- Length
- 66 mi
- Bends
- 37
- Switchbacks
- 5
- Bends per mile
- 0.6
- Turning per mile
- 71°
- Curviest rank
- 84of 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
- 8,597ft
- Climb per mile
- 130ft
- Highest point
- 928ft
- Steepest grade
- 6.8%
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
55 mph
Mapped limits
Open stretches; lower limits through towns and some coastal sections.
OpenStreetMap tags cover approximately 99% of this trace. These values have not been checked against current signs.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 1/3 (Relaxed) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “High speed” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- r/bayarea · Favorite driving roads ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (323 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-08. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.