Steepest climbs in the DC area

[dcv]

Looking for the steepest climbs within an hour of DC, are there any steeper than these?

• Middlepoint Road in Frederick, MD (770 ft / 1.4 miles = 550ft per mile)
• Woodstock Tower Road (eastbound, gravel), Woodstock, VA (1,131 ft / 2.1 mi)
• Coxey Brown, Frederick, MD (990 ft / 1.9 mi)
• Mt Weather gravel (not road), Morgan Mills Road, VA (950 ft / 2 miles)

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[Judd]

Are you also looking for the climbs to have a minimum distance?

@dcv 180219 wrote:

Looking for the steepest climbs within an hour of DC, are there any steeper than these?

• Middlepoint Road in Frederick, MD (770 ft / 1.4 miles = 550ft per mile)
• Woodstock Tower Road (eastbound, gravel), Woodstock, VA (1,131 ft / 2.1 mi)
• Coxey Brown, Frederick, MD (990 ft / 1.9 mi)
• Mt Weather gravel (not road), Morgan Mills Road, VA (950 ft / 2 miles)

[dcv]

How about no shorter than 1.4 miles? Here are the strava segments:

Middlepoint: https://www.strava.com/segments/761643?filter=overall

Woodstock Tower: https://www.strava.com/segments/1385138?filter=overall

Coxey Brown: https://www.strava.com/segments/667971?filter=overall

Mt Weather gravel: https://www.strava.com/segments/6326104?filter=overall

Rod Smith – you mentioned a climb somewhere in MD a while back?

[Bilsko]

We need this for DCMVA:

http://hillmapper.com

[tbronder]

Neither the steepest nor the longest, but Teen Barnes Road in Jefferson (just off 340) is a fun little lung buster.

https://www.strava.com/segments/1415163

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