Lewes, DE · separated · paved
Cape–Lewes Trail
1.6-mile paved route with 30 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- NWS alert active — check the alert before rolling out.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Best for bike-share touring 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 temp66°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind12 mphSW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity94%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:36 AM
- Sunset7:19 PM733 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 70°F · 10 mph SW wind · mostly sunny.
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Wind on this route
12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the SSW (210°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 123° · crosswind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 45° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 70° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 83° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 82° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 77° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 82° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 79° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
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Advisories & nearby alerts
Small Craft Advisory issued September 9 at 3:16AM EDT until September 10 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
About this route
- Distance
- 1.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 30 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
38.7780, -75.1320- City hub
- Lewes, DE
- OSM
- relation 9740478
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.