Philadelphia, PA · mixed · mixed

East Coast Greenway (PA)

10.8 mi Out-and-back 85 ft gain

The East Coast Greenway is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) pedestrian and bicycle route between Maine and Florida along the East Coast of the United States. The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance was created in 1991 with the goal to use the entire route with off-road, shared-use paths; as of 2021, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) of the route (35%) meets these criteria. In 2020, the Greenway received over 50 million visits.

Live · updated Sep 9, 7:07 AM ET

Today's verdict

Skip today — the bike can wait.

Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
65°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
Exposed + wet pavement — mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.

32 /100

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32 Road

36 E-bike

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 temp

65°F

Mostly Sunny
Wind

— mph

SW
Rain

0%

Next 24h: 0.01"
Humidity

93%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:35 AM
Sunset

7:19 PM

733 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 70°F · 5 mph SW wind · partly sunny.

8 AM Best

70°

Partly Sunny

5 mph SW

9 AM

73°

Partly Sunny

5 mph SW

10 AM

77°

Partly Sunny

5 mph SW

11 AM

80°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

12 PM

82°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

1 PM

84°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

2 PM

85°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

3 PM

86°

Mostly Sunny

15 mph SW

4 PM

86°

Mostly Sunny

15 mph SW

5 PM

86°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

6 PM

84°

Mostly Clear

10 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 tailwind.

Leg 1 Bearing 235° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 235° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 216° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 211° · quartering tailwind 0.7 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 261° · crosswind 0.7 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 262° · crosswind 0.8 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 244° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 182° · tailwind 0.8 mi

Elevation profile

103 ft gain 162 ft loss Max 79' Min -7' 8.7 mi sampled

Score breakdown

65°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

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Exposed + wet pavement mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. Take the lane.

-6

−

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

-32

About this route

Distance: 10.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 85 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: mixed
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: NCN · route ECG
Operator: East Coast Greenway Alliance
Start: 40.0493, -74.9987
City hub: Philadelphia, PA
OSM: relation 13429405

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.