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Highway 128 · Lake Berryessa

A winding inland route across Napa-area hills toward Lake Berryessa and the Putah Creek corridor.

Medium speedDifficulty 2/3 · WindingNapa / Solano

Road shape

Length
37 mi
Bends
108
Switchbacks
8
Bends per mile
2.9
Turning per mile
285°
Curviest rank
69of 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

Low 143 ft37 miHigh 1,034 ft
Total climb
4,599ft
Climb per mile
124ft
Highest point
1,067ft
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

Approximate guide; limits vary by section. Follow posted signs.

OpenStreetMap tags cover approximately 0% of this trace. These values have not been checked against current signs.

Speed-limit source ↗

Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.

Sources

Difficulty 2/3 (Winding) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Medium speed” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:

Reviewed 2026-09-08. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.

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