Soquel–San Jose Road
A mountain-to-coast connection from Summit Road toward Soquel, with forest curves and residential stretches.
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Road shape
- Length
- 11 mi
- Bends
- 35
- Switchbacks
- 1
- Bends per mile
- 3.2
- Turning per mile
- 318°
- Curviest rank
- 63of 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
- 1,914ft
- Climb per mile
- 174ft
- Highest point
- 1,589ft
- 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
35–40 mph
Published limits
35 mph near Soquel, then 40 mph toward Summit Road.
County code: 35 mph from Paper Mill Road to 1.4 miles north of Soquel Drive; 40 mph from there to Summit Road.
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:
- r/bayarea · Favorite driving roads ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (5 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-08. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.