Lynchburg, VA · separated · mixed
James River Heritage Trail
3.1-mile mixed route with 144 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 48°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 temp48°FClear
- Wind— mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 17O3 · Good
- Humidity87%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:47 AM
- Sunset5:13 PM816 min remaining
Best time today
10 AM looks best — 51°F · 8 mph NW wind · sunny. 11 AM is a close second (77/100).
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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 quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 348° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 352° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 349° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 16° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 297° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 286° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 322° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 265° · crosswind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 3.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 144 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
37.4051, -79.1572- City hub
- Lynchburg, VA
- OSM
- relation 10364909
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.