Reading, PA · separated · gravel
Big Woods Trail
2-mile gravel route with 335 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BWT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 55°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for e-bike riding 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 temp55°FCloudy
- Wind21 mphNW
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 44PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity88%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:39 AM
- Sunset4:54 PM797 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 50°F · 10 mph NW wind · mostly sunny. 4 AM is a close second (71/100).
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Wind on this route
21 mph headwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the W (280°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 242° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 270° · headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 154° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 161° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 272° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 243° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 187° · crosswind 0.1 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 335 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route BWT
- Start
40.2559, -75.7754- City hub
- Reading, PA
- OSM
- relation 9356982
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.