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Hilliest gravel races

Gravel races ranked by feet of climbing per mile on the bike course, hilliest first, from the course maps organizers publish on Ride with GPS and MapMyRun. Only races that share a course map are ranked.

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#	Race	Where	Next date	Climbing per mile	Bike course
1	Randonneuring Gravel Rally of the OzarksGravel	Mountain Home, Arkansas	Mar 6, 2027	89 ft (hilly)	23 mi, 2,088 ft
2	Gravel Unravel - WhyNotCheeGravel	Hoquiam, Washington	TBA	86 ft (hilly)	23 mi, 1,980 ft
3	The Last Best RideGravel	Whitefish, Montana	TBA	84 ft (hilly)	91 mi, 7,645 ft
4	Highlands Gravel ClassicGravel	Goshen, Arkansas	Apr 24, 2027	83 ft (hilly)	68 mi, 5,603 ft
5	Blood Sugar RumblerGravel	Helena, Montana	TBA	78 ft (hilly)	51 mi, 3,989 ft
6	Get Lost GravelGravel	Hamilton, Montana	TBA	74 ft (hilly)	82 mi, 6,108 ft
7	Garden City GravelGravel	Huson, Montana	TBA	72 ft (hilly)	52 mi, 3,745 ft
8	Vermejo Charcoal BurnerGravel, Half Marathon	Raton, New Mexico	May 15, 2027	65 ft (hilly)	99 mi, 6,412 ft
9	Bike City Fondo presented by Experience FayettevilleGravel, Bike Ride	Fayetteville, Arkansas	TBA	63 ft (hilly)	105 mi, 6,568 ft
10	Chinkapin Hollow Gravel GrinderGravel	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Nov 7, 2026	56 ft (hilly)	65 mi, 3,606 ft
11	Kisatchie Crusher- Gravel, Run, Fondo & MTBGravel, Mountain Bike, Gran Fondo, 5K, 10K	Minden, Louisiana	TBA	51 ft (rolling)	66 mi, 3,357 ft
12	Dirty UPGravel	Union Point, Georgia	TBA	51 ft (rolling)	47 mi, 2,366 ft
13	Pedaling for PaysonGravel, Mountain Bike, Bike Ride	Hopkinton, New Hampshire	TBA	48 ft (rolling)	48 mi, 2,283 ft
14	DIRTY 30 XL - GRAVEL vs MTBGravel	Escondido, California	Dec 5, 2026	46 ft (rolling)	37 mi, 1,709 ft
15	Highs & Lows TourGravel, Mountain Bike, Century, Metric Century, Bike Ride	Plymouth, New Hampshire	TBA	45 ft (rolling)	107 mi, 4,850 ft
16	Flyover to FlyoverGravel	Scottsbluff, Nebraska	TBA	42 ft (rolling)	69 mi, 2,921 ft
17	THE FORGE - 26.2 Mile Gravel GrinderGravel	Old Forge, New York	TBA	41 ft (rolling)	26 mi, 1,069 ft
18	Annual Cycle Mount DoraGravel	Mount Dora, Florida	TBA	37 ft (rolling)	60 mi, 2,229 ft
19	Dirty Petersburg Gravel RideGravel	Petersburg, Illinois	Nov 15, 2026	29 ft (rolling)	51 mi, 1,505 ft
20	Cruisin' Cleveland County Bicycle RideGravel, Bike Ride	Rison, Arkansas	TBA	28 ft (rolling)	67 mi, 1,842 ft
21	The Missouri OUTLAW Gravel RaceGravel	St Genevieve, Missouri	Apr 17, 2027	25 ft (flat)	44 mi, 1,109 ft
22	Six Pack Outdoors Series: Fall Dirt FestGravel, Mountain Bike	Spearman, Texas	TBA	24 ft (flat)	50 mi, 1,217 ft
23	Mora Bike Tour and GraveLoppet RaceGravel, Bike Ride	Mora, Minnesota	Sep 18, 2027	24 ft (flat)	49 mi, 1,184 ft
24	4th Annual Ranchland GrindGravel	Moore, Texas	TBA	23 ft (flat)	48 mi, 1,077 ft
25	The Steel Dynamics Garbage Mountain Gravel GrinderGravel	Terre Haute, Indiana	May 1, 2027	21 ft (flat)	63 mi, 1,353 ft
26	The Griffin Bike Park Fall Gravel RaceGravel	Terre Haute, Indiana	TBA	21 ft (flat)	63 mi, 1,353 ft
27	2026 Monster Mash Mountain Bike Race and Gravel RideGravel, Mountain Bike	Ebro, Florida	Oct 17, 2026	18 ft (flat)	35 mi, 614 ft

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The figure is for each race's longest bike course with a published map. Flat is under 25 feet of climbing a mile, rolling under 55, hilly under 90. Courses change between editions, so check the map on the race's page.