New River Trail

43 mi Out-and-back 1083 ft gain

43-mile mixed route with 1083 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “NRT”, separated from motor traffic.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 57°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

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.

  • Air temp
    57°F
    Fog/Mist
  • Wind
    — mph
    SW
  • Rain
    4%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    98%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:00 AM
  • Sunset
    7:40 PM
    754 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 61°F · 2 mph SW wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
61°

Sunny

2 mph SW
74
9 AM
65°

Sunny

2 mph SW
74
10 AM
72°

Sunny

2 mph SW
74
11 AM
77°

Mostly Sunny

2 mph SW
61
12 PM
79°

Sunny

2 mph SW
61
1 PM
82°

Mostly Sunny

2 mph SW
56
2 PM
83°

Mostly Sunny

3 mph SW
56
3 PM
84°

Mostly Sunny

3 mph SW
56
4 PM
84°

Mostly Sunny

3 mph SW
56
5 PM
84°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph SW
56
6 PM
82°

Mostly Clear

5 mph SW
56
7 PM
80°

Mostly Clear

5 mph SW
61

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

Currently 0 mph from the N (0°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 147° · quartering tailwind 2.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 213° · quartering tailwind 2.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 145° · quartering tailwind 2.0 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 184° · tailwind 1.6 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 254° · crosswind 2.3 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 236° · quartering tailwind 2.0 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 254° · crosswind 1.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 241° · quartering tailwind 1.5 mi
1800'2050'2300'2550' 0 mi5 mi10 mi15 mi20 mi25 mi30 mi33 mi
4475 ft gain 4193 ft loss Max 2684' Min 1847' 32.6 mi sampled
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57°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
43 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
1083 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route NRT
Start
37.0454, -80.7492
OSM
relation 144609

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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