Allentown, PA · mostly separated · mixed
Ironton Rail Trail
The Ironton Rail Trail is a rail trail that spans 9 mi (14 km) in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The trail was made from tracks of the defunct Ironton Railroad and includes a paved 5 mi (8.0 km) loop.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 25 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
- 55°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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
- Wind25 mphW
- Rain8%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 44PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity77%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:39 AM
- Sunset4:52 PM795 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 51°F · 5 mph W wind · mostly cloudy. 5 AM is a close second (75/100).
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Wind on this route
25 mph crosswind — keep the bars loose on exposed sections.
Currently 25 mph from the W (270°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 242° · headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 258° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 160° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 138° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 104° · tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 152° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 73° · tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 336° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 5.3 mi loop
- Elevation gain
- 115 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Loop
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route IRT
- Start
40.6757, -75.4967- City hub
- Allentown, PA
- OSM
- relation 7349834
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.