Altoona, PA · mostly separated · gravel

Bells Gap Trail

5 mi Out-and-back 1050 ft gain

5-mile gravel route with 1050 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BGT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Live · updated Sep 9, 7:07 AM ET

Today's verdict

Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.

Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
61°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

0 /100

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Best for road cycling today

Route map

Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.

Atmosphere

Air temp

61°F

Fog/Mist
Wind

— mph

SW
Rain

17%

Next 24h: 0.11"
Humidity

100%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

gravel surface
Sunrise

6:48 AM
Sunset

7:33 PM

747 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 64°F · 2 mph S wind · slight chance rain showers. 9 AM is a close second (38/100).

8 AM Best

64°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

2 mph S

9 AM

69°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

2 mph SW

10 AM

73°

Mostly Cloudy

3 mph SW

11 AM

76°

Partly Sunny

6 mph SW

12 PM

79°

Partly Sunny

7 mph SW

1 PM

81°

Partly Sunny

8 mph SW

2 PM

82°

Partly Sunny

9 mph SW

3 PM

82°

Partly Sunny

9 mph SW

4 PM

84°

Partly Sunny

9 mph SW

5 PM

82°

Partly Sunny

8 mph SW

6 PM

82°

Mostly Cloudy

8 mph SW

7 PM

80°

Partly Cloudy

7 mph SW

Wind on this route

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

Leg 1 Bearing 308° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 333° · headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 341° · headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 311° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 348° · headwind 0.3 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 36° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 240° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi

Elevation profile

1207 ft gain 488 ft loss Max 2116' Min 1309' 4.1 mi sampled

Score breakdown

61°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

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Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.

-45

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Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.

-32

About this route

Distance: 5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 1050 ft
Surface: gravel
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: mostly separated
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: LCN · route BGT
Start: 40.6148, -78.3644
City hub: Altoona, PA
OSM: relation 162557

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.