Compiled by Kenny Moore and Glenn Johnson. These are all of the most difficult hills to climb that we’ve found in Clermont. Criteria for inclusion on this page was the hill had to have a peak grade of over 10% or it had to have some other noteworthy or memorable quality to it.
Contact at webguru@floridafreewheelers.com if you have knowledge of other Lake County / Clermont hills that you feel should be added to this page or if you’d like to participate in a group ride taking on these challenging hills.
Map Number | Hill Name | Distance (in miles) | Average Grade (in %) | Peak Grade (in %) | Lowest Elevation (in feet) | Highest Elevation (in feet) | Elevation Difference (in feet) |
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1 | 2nd Street (south side) | 0.14 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 107 | 162 | 54 |
2 | 2nd Street from Crystal Lake Drive | 0.21 | 4.8 | 15.8 | 101 | 155 | 54 |
3 | 2nd Street from Lake Minneola | 0.15 | 5.4 | 10.4 | 112 | 155 | 42 |
4 | 2nd Street to SR 50 | 0.18 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 106 | 164 | 58 |
5 | 3rd Street (south side) | 0.14 | 7.85 | 13.0 | 105 | 163 | 59 |
6 | 455 & 50 | 0.47 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 76 | 154 | 77 |
7 | 455 Near Buckhill Road | 0.52 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 98 | 190 | 93 |
8 | 4th Street (south side) | 0.18 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 98 | 155 | 56 |
9 | 4th Street from Crystal Lake Drive | 0.13 | 9.0 | 15.3 | 99 | 161 | 62 |
10 | 4th Street from Lake Minneola | 0.23 | 4.8 | 13.8 | 100 | 161 | 61 |
11 | 5th Street from Lake Minneola | 0.16 | 6.75 | 12.3 | 106 | 163 | 57 |
12 | 8th Street | 0.11 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 97 | 135 | 37 |
13 | Almond Street | 0.06 | 13.26 | 14.8 | 138 | 180 | 42 |
14 | Amber Avenue + Topaz Street | 0.31 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 111 | 209 | 97 |
15 | Anderson Hill Road | 0.43 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 102 | 243 | 141 |
16 | Anderson Hill Road Westbound | 0.21 | 4.3 | 18.6 | 195 | 243 | 48 |
17 | Bloxam Avenue | 0.3 | 7.2 | 11.9 | 93 | 207 | 114 |
18 | Bloxam Avenue South | 0.27 | 5.9 | 12.9 | 110 | 194 | 84 |
19 | Bloxam Avenue Southbound | 0.45 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 110 | 211 | 101 |
20 | Bonser Road | 0.27 | 4.7 | 15.7 | 141 | 209 | 68 |
21 | Bowman Street | 0.16 | 6.75 | 10.9 | 106 | 164 | 58 |
22 | Carroll Street | 0.1 | 6.8 | 12.4 | 113 | 146 | 33 |
23 | Castlehill Road | 0.13 | 6.8 | 20.3 | 123 | 170 | 47 |
24 | Cedar Street | 0.09 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 110 | 153 | 43 |
25 | Chateau Circle + Windy Bluff Drive | 0.24 | 5.2 | 10.1 | 109 | 176 | 67 |
26 | Cherry Lake Road | 0.16 | 6.5 | 15.9 | 128 | 183 | 55 |
27 | Cherry Lake Road Eastbound | 0.73 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 96 | 183 | 86 |
28 | Citrus Grove Road Eastbound | 0.92 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 108 | 286 | 177 |
29 | Citrus Tower Blvd. | 0.52 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 121 | 225 | 105 |
30 | Citrus Tower Boulevard + Hooks Street | 0.36 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 170 | 261 | 91 |
31 | Clermont Arts Center Entrance | 0.21 | 6.2 | 10.5 | 131 | 203 | 73 |
32 | Cluster Oak Drive | 0.06 | 11.7 | 26.5 | 123 | 160 | 37 |
33 | Colonial Drive to Oakley Seaver Drive | 0.44 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 136 | 224 | 88 |
34 | Colonial Pine Lane | 0.21 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 136 | 220 | 84 |
35 | Colonnade Circle | 0.29 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 119 | 196 | 75 |
36 | Crestmont Boulevard | 0.07 | 9.2 | 17.9 | 128 | 162 | 34 |
37 | Cross Ridge Road Eastbound | 0.39 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 127 | 232 | 105 |
38 | Cross Ridge Road Westbound | 0.23 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 142 | 232 | 90 |
39 | Dagama Drive | 0.25 | 5.3 | 14.0 | 98 | 170 | 72 |
40 | Disston Avenue | 0.22 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 94 | 189 | 95 |
41 | Disston Avenue (south side) | 0.31 | 5.6 | 11.7 | 107 | 199 | 92 |
42 | Dovehill Lane | 0.14 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 123 | 165 | 42 |
43 | Drew Avenue | 0.13 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 105 | 161 | 56 |
44 | Eagle Lake Drive | 0.31 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 108 | 220 | 112 |
45 | East Avenue | 0.1 | 9.85 | 12.4 | 106 | 158 | 52 |
46 | East Highland Avenue | 0.41 | 3.9 | 10.7 | 126 | 211 | 85 |
47 | Egret Bluff | 0.03 | 13.25 | 13.3 | 113 | 134 | 21 |
48 | Esplanade Blvd. | 0.19 | 9.6 | 14.6 | 88 | 184 | 96 |
49 | Eye Care Hill | 0.19 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 213 | 293 | 80 |
50 | Falcon Crest | 0.04 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 113 | 134 | 21 |
51 | Florence View Drive | 0.18 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 118 | 176 | 57 |
52 | Flynn Court | 0.44 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 112 | 203 | 91 |
53 | Galena Avenue | 0.19 | 6.5 | 16.8 | 94 | 137 | 43 |
54 | Gathering Place Circle (east side) | 0.14 | 4.6 | 12.5 | 112 | 146 | 34 |
55 | Gathering Place Circle (west side) | 0.13 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 94 | 136 | 42 |
56 | Gentle Breeze Drive | 0.25 | 3.8 | 10.4 | 97 | 148 | 50 |
57 | Giovani Blvd. | 0.37 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 94 | 167 | 73 |
58 | Golden Pond Drive South | 0.22 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 103 | 179 | 76 |
59 | Good Hearth Boulevard | 0.1 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 94 | 147 | 53 |
60 | Grand Highway | 0.32 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 105 | 217 | 112 |
61 | Grand Hills Boulevard | 0.15 | 5.05 | 14.2 | 103 | 143 | 40 |
62 | Grandview Circle | 0.19 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 91 | 166 | 75 |
63 | Grassy Lake Road | 0.22 | 6.1 | 17.7 | 206 | 280 | 74 |
64 | Grassy Lake View Avenue | 0.20 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 221 | 278 | 57 |
65 | Hammock Ridge Road | 0.42 | 4.2 | 14.3 | 115 | 211 | 96 |
66 | Hancock Road + Heritage Hills Boulevard | 0.68 | 2.7 | 9.4 | 132 | 230 | 98 |
67 | Hancock Trail | 0.54 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 161 | 254 | 93 |
68 | Hancock Trail / Old Highway 50 | 0.24 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 113 | 176 | 63 |
69 | Harrier Avenue | 0.14 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 109 | 204 | 95 |
70 | Haskell Drive | 0.10 | 6.25 | 12.7 | 114 | 147 | 33 |
71 | Hastings Boulevard East | 0.29 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 94 | 180 | 85 |
72 | Hastings Boulevard West | 0.2 | 6.6 | 12.7 | 93 | 168 | 75 |
73 | Hickory Wind Drive | 0.15 | 4.0 | 14.3 | 136 | 168 | 32 |
74 | Hill Point Street | 0.21 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 232 | 281 | 49 |
75 | Hillside Drive | 0.23 | 9.5 | 16.2 | 89 | 208 | 119 |
76 | Hillside Drive + Grand Highway | 0.26 | 8.4 | 16.4 | 91 | 208 | 118 |
77 | Hooks Street Eastbound | 0.87 | 3.7 | 9.8 | 92 | 261 | 169 |
78 | Hooks Street Westbound | 0.38 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 165 | 263 | 97 |
79 | Howey Cross Rd. + South Buckhill Rd. – Northbound #2 | 0.37 | 4.6 | 8.5 | 95 | 186 | 91 |
80 | Howey Cross Road | 0.19 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 90 | 130 | 40 |
81 | Hunters Trace Lane | 0.32 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 94 | 175 | 80 |
82 | Jack Pine Street | 0.19 | 7.1 | 14.9 | 102 | 175 | 73 |
83 | Jalarmy Road | 0.18 | 6.2 | 11.3 | 123 | 185 | 62 |
84 | Jefferson Street | 0.19 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 104 | 162 | 57 |
85 | John’s Lake Road + Hancock Road | 1.86 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 99 | 260 | 161 |
86 | Kaley Ridge Road | 0.27 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 122 | 193 | 71 |
87 | Knapp Street | 0.12 | 8.0 | 12.2 | 110 | 160 | 50 |
88 | Lake Avenue | 0.23 | 4.9 | 13.8 | 102 | 163 | 60 |
89 | Lake Avenue (south side) | 0.14 | 5.1 | 10.6 | 103 | 141 | 38 |
90 | Lake Montgomery Blvd. | 0.19 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 89 | 163 | 74 |
91 | Lake Ridge Circle | 0.18 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 108 | 191 | 83 |
92 | Laranja Street | 0.11 | 7.2 | 16.2 | 125 | 167 | 42 |
93 | Laurel Street | 0.13 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 98 | 163 | 65 |
94 | Lowry Road + Lake Street | 0.42 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 97 | 176 | 78 |
95 | Magellan Circle | 0.24 | 3.2 | 12.4 | 104 | 146 | 42 |
96 | Magnolia Bluff Drive | 0.19 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 94 | 167 | 73 |
97 | Magnolia Pointe Boulevard | 0.18 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 97 | 158 | 61 |
98 | Magnolia Street | 0.13 | 5.1 | 11.5 | 107 | 142 | 35 |
99 | Magnolia Terrace Blvd. | 0.28 | 5.6 | 11.6 | 93 | 178 | 85 |
100 | Marsh Pine Street | 0.19 | 5.3 | 14.0 | 98 | 147 | 53 |
101 | Marsh Road | 0.52 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 112 | 203 | 92 |
102 | Mason Loop (East Side) | 0.13 | 5.4 | 12.2 | 117 | 154 | 37 |
103 | Mason Loop (West Side) | 0.08 | 8.05 | 11.0 | 121 | 154 | 33 |
104 | Miss Florida Avenue + State Road 50 | 0.54 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 197 | 287 | 90 |
105 | Montrose Street | 0.22 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 101 | 162 | 61 |
106 | Muir Circle North | 0.19 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 137 | 218 | 81 |
107 | Muir Circle South | 0.19 | 9.2 | 13.5 | 137 | 230 | 92 |
108 | Nightfall Drive | 0.26 | 6.5 | 12.2 | 123 | 212 | 89 |
109 | North Crescent Lane | 0.09 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 130 | 166 | 36 |
110 | North Ridge Boulevard | 0.3 | 7.7 | 13.1 | 119 | 243 | 124 |
111 | Oak Valley Boulevard | 0.34 | 5.8 | 11.4 | 96 | 201 | 105 |
112 | Oakley Seaver Drive | 0.48 | 4.3 | 9.8 | 182 | 292 | 110 |
113 | Orange Avenue | 0.1 | 4.9 | 16.4 | 109 | 135 | 26 |
114 | Picasso Place | 0.08 | 9.2 | 14.9 | 124 | 163 | 39 |
115 | Pine Street | 0.07 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 95 | 139 | 44 |
116 | Pinecrest Lakes Academy | 0.19 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 115 | 174 | 59 |
117 | Rainbow Lane | 0.47 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 91 | 280 | 189 |
118 | Ridgewood Avenue | 0.32 | 5.0 | 14.6 | 91 | 177 | 87 |
119 | Royal Vista Avenue | 0.18 | 5.4 | 19.4 | 105 | 156 | 51 |
120 | Sanderling Drive | 0.23 | 7.6 | 13.2 | 112 | 205 | 94 |
121 | Saragossa Street | 0.11 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 100 | 150 | 50 |
122 | Scenic Vista Drive | 0.1 | 8.15 | 13.3 | 120 | 163 | 43 |
123 | Scott Street | 0.17 | 10.7 | 18.8 | 95 | 191 | 96 |
124 | Scrub Jay Lane | 0.18 | 4.8 | 19.6 | 187 | 238 | 50 |
125 | Seminole Street | 0.15 | 6.9 | 14.1 | 103 | 159 | 56 |
126 | Seminole Street (west side) | 0.11 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 106 | 143 | 37 |
127 | Shearwater Street | 0.32 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 104 | 224 | 120 |
128 | Siena Drive | 0.13 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 98 | 139 | 41 |
129 | Silhouette Drive | 0.37 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 125 | 243 | 118 |
130 | Skyridge Road | 0.21 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 177 | 288 | 111 |
131 | Skyview Lane | 0.18 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 160 | 216 | 55 |
132 | Sonoma Ridge Lane | 0.35 | 4.0 | 14.1 | 94 | 168 | 74 |
133 | South Buckhill Rd. – Northbound #1 | 0.35 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 94 | 182 | 88 |
134 | South Buckhill Rd. – Northbound #2 | 0.27 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 123 | 186 | 64 |
135 | South Buckhill Rd. – Northbound #3 | 0.08 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 89 | 124 | 35 |
136 | South Buckhill Rd. – Northbound #4 | 0.29 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 90 | 145 | 55 |
137 | South Buckhill Rd. – Southbound #1 | 0.25 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 90 | 186 | 96 |
138 | South Buckhill Rd. – Southbound #2 | 0.24 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 123 | 182 | 59 |
139 | South Buckhill Rd. – Southbound #3 | 0.26 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 95 | 162 | 67 |
140 | South Grasssy Lake Road | 0.19 | 7.2 | 12.3 | 99 | 175 | 76 |
141 | Southern Breeze Drive | 0.3 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 92 | 208 | 115 |
142 | Southridge Road | 0.27 | 7.8 | 12.6 | 164 | 275 | 111 |
143 | SR 50 + Unnamed Street | 0.5 | 4.3 | 10.0 | 113 | 227 | 114 |
144 | Still Meadow Drive | 0.38 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 113 | 202 | 89 |
145 | Suburban Terrace | 0.19 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 101 | 147 | 46 |
146 | Sugarloaf Mountain (back side) | 0.4 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 173 | 303 | 130 |
147 | Sugarloaf Mountain (steep side) | 0.54 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 94 | 304 | 210 |
148 | Summit Oaks Circle East | 0.13 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 113 | 152 | 39 |
149 | Summit Oaks Circle West | 0.12 | 4.1 | 14.0 | 111 | 137 | 26 |
150 | Sunburst Lane | 0.38 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 178 | 248 | 70 |
151 | Sunburst View Drive | 0.18 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 103 | 174 | 71 |
152 | Sunset Avenue | 0.18 | 5.6 | 10.2 | 102 | 157 | 55 |
153 | Sunset Village Boulevard | 0.29 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 160 | 236 | 75 |
154 | Super Target Exit | 0.19 | 7.0 | 19.9 | 189 | 261 | 72 |
155 | The Wall | 0.24 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 107 | 209 | 102 |
156 | The Wall Back Side | 0.77 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 93 | 210 | 117 |
157 | Timbervale Trail | 0.26 | 6.8 | 11.1 | 92 | 186 | 94 |
158 | Via Roma Circle | 0.34 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 110 | 198 | 88 |