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Ghost Town Trail
The Ghost Town Trail is a rail trail in Western Pennsylvania that runs 36 miles (58 km) between Black Lick, Indiana County, and Ebensburg, Cambria County. Established in 1991 on the right-of-way of the former Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad, the trail follows the Blacklick Creek and passes through many ghost towns that were abandoned in the early 1900s with the decline of the local coal mining industry. Open year-round to cycling, hiking, and cross-country skiing, the trail is designated a National Recreation Trail by the United States Department of the Interior.
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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.
- 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp66°FPartly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
- Wind— mphSW
- Rain17%Next 24h: 0.33"
- Humidity88%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:51 AM
- Sunset7:36 PM750 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 68°F · 6 mph S wind · partly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (38/100).
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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 crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 59° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 117° · quartering tailwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 101° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 57° · quartering headwind 1.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 103° · crosswind 1.8 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 107° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 111° · quartering tailwind 1.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 107° · crosswind 1.6 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 32.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 1024 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route GTT
- Start
40.4743, -79.1885- OSM
- relation 5416334
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.