Harvard Square to Reservoir Towers

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Harvard (Alewife), Massachusetts Avenue, Old Cambridge, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Harvard Square to Reservoir Towers.

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance5.71 km / 3.55 miles
Elevation gain40.7 m / 134 ft
Average gradient0.7%
Maximum gradient5.3%
Elevation high48.9 m / 160 ft
Elevation low0.49 m / 2 ft
Climb difficulty score4,053.6

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,273,957th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 124,939th most difficult cycling climb of all 337,250 climbs in United States.

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Places 3,270th out of 13,206 cycling climbs in Massachusetts.

Ranks 529th out of 3,689 cycling climbs in Middlesex County.

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A local climb of note, this is the 8th most difficult cycling climb (out of 50 climbs) in Cambridge.

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