Skyline Boulevard · Oakland
The ridge road above Oakland between Golf Links Road and Redwood Road, with bay views and many driveways.
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Road shape
- Length
- 11.8 mi
- Bends
- 79
- Switchbacks
- 14
- Bends per mile
- 6.7
- Turning per mile
- 682°
- Curviest rank
- 38of 121
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
- 2,272ft
- Climb per mile
- 193ft
- Highest point
- 1,454ft
- Steepest grade
- 6.5%
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
Varies
Unverified
Check posted signs along the road.
No posted limit has been verified for this selected section. Follow current signs.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 2/3 (Winding) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Low speed” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- Rennlist · SF Bay Area best driving roads for a Sunday morning blast ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (40 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-09. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.