Climbing Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.

The community is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community was named by C. E. Ostrander, the first settler and postmaster, whose home was on high ground and could not be reached except by climbing a hill.

[5] The name was kept, though the community was moved several times and was finally located on level land circa 1867.

This article about the geography of Woodbury County, Iowa is a stub.