PA · separated · gravel
McDade Recreational Trail
29.1-mile gravel route with 220 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MRT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
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 temp77°FClear
- Wind12 mphE
- Rain8%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity50%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise5:36 AM
- Sunset8:32 PM565 min remaining
Best time today
12 PM looks best — 79°F · 2 mph E wind · sunny. 1 PM is a close second (61/100).
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Wind on this route
12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the NNW (340°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 229° · quartering tailwind 2.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 206° · quartering tailwind 2.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 201° · quartering tailwind 2.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 192° · quartering tailwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 210° · quartering tailwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 209° · quartering tailwind 2.0 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 231° · crosswind 2.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 232° · crosswind 2.3 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 29.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 220 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MRT
- Start
41.3100, -74.7975- OSM
- relation 9399255
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.