Philadelphia, PA · mostly separated · paved
Cynwyd Heritage Trail
The Cynwyd Heritage Trail is a 1.8-mile rail trail in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's Main Line. The trail surface is partially asphalt and crushed stone.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 57°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp57°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind21 mphNW
- Rain1%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 61PM2.5 · Moderate
- Humidity82%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise6:36 AM
- Sunset4:52 PM796 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 53°F · 10 mph NW wind · partly cloudy. 5 AM is a close second (72/100).
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Wind on this route
21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 21 mph from the NW (310°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 25° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 112° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 134° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 195° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 222° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 226° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 220° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 183° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 2.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 223 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN · route CHT
- Start
40.0218, -75.2310- City hub
- Philadelphia, PA
- OSM
- relation 903928
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.