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Stage Road

Rolling coastal backroad between Pescadero and San Gregorio, passing farms and small settlements.

Low speedDifficulty 2/3 · WindingPeninsula

Road shape

Length
8.6 mi
Bends
50
Switchbacks
17
Bends per mile
5.8
Turning per mile
699°
Curviest rank
31of 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 24 ft8.7 miHigh 459 ft
Total climb
1,765ft
Climb per mile
205ft
Highest point
445ft
Steepest grade
7.2%

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

25 mph

Mapped limits

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

OpenStreetMap tags cover approximately 3% 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; “Low 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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