RockStar Gravel

213.5 mi Out-and-back 8009 ft gain

213.5-mile mixed route with 8009 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 751 min of daylight — you need at least 857 min. lights required for this ride.
  • 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
61 /100
good
61 Road
70 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding today

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  • Air temp
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    SW
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:56 AM
  • Sunset
    7:37 PM
    751 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 64°F · 1 mph W wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (61/100).

8 AM Best
64°

Sunny

1 mph W
61
9 AM
69°

Sunny

1 mph SW
61
10 AM
76°

Sunny

2 mph SW
48
11 AM
80°

Sunny

2 mph SW
48
12 PM
83°

Sunny

3 mph S
43
1 PM
86°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph S
44
2 PM
88°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW
40
3 PM
88°

Partly Sunny

7 mph SW
40
4 PM
89°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph S
38
5 PM
88°

Sunny

10 mph S
41
6 PM
86°

Partly Cloudy

10 mph S
45
7 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

10 mph S
44

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 145° · quartering tailwind 1.8 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 307° · quartering headwind 4.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 319° · quartering headwind 5.2 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 43° · quartering headwind 3.9 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 253° · crosswind 2.7 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 285° · crosswind 4.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 337° · headwind 2.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 44° · quartering headwind 4.4 mi
900'1750'2600'3450' 0 mi17 mi34 mi51 mi68 mi85 mi102 mi119 mi133 mi
13504 ft gain 10216 ft loss Max 4209' Min 915' 132.6 mi sampled
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
751 min of daylight You need at least 857 min. Lights required for this ride.
-13
Distance
213.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
8009 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN
Start
37.2670, -79.9391
City hub
Roanoke, VA
OSM
relation 17603670

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

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