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Karen to Ngong

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Ngong Road, Karen, Karen ward, Lang'ata, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Nairobi, 00505, Kenya
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Karen to Ngong.

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Climb Stats

Combined metric and imperial stats for quick route planning.

Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance8.12 km / 5.04 miles
Elevation gain138.4 m / 454 ft
Average gradient1.2%
Maximum gradient5.9%
Elevation high1,973.8 m / 6,476 ft
Elevation low1,879.6 m / 6,167 ft
Climb difficulty score9,741.6

Similar Climbs Nearby

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ClimbLengthGradientAscent
Southern Bypass: Langata Rd to Ngong Rd
Lang'ata, Nairobi
8.46 km1.3%121 m
Ngong Rd - Thogoto Rd Hill Climb
Lang'ata, Nairobi
7.67 km1.8%145 m
Nairobi West to Bomas
Lang'ata, Nairobi
6.69 km1.9%129 m
From Ole Sereni to Langata Road
Lang'ata, Nairobi
6.45 km1%65 m
Southern Bypass: Mombasa Rd to Ngong Rd
Lang'ata, Nairobi
14.76 km1.1%164 m

Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 589,845th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 182nd most difficult cycling climb of all 953 climbs in Kenya.

📉

Places 22nd out of 364 cycling climbs in Nairobi County.

⚖

Ranks 18th out of 305 cycling climbs in Nairobi.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 78 climbs) in Lang'ata.

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