VA · separated · gravel
Salt Trail
5.7-mile gravel route with 253 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.
- 63°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike
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 temp63°FClear
- Wind— mphS
- Rain2%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity94%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise7:04 AM
- Sunset7:44 PM758 min remaining
Best time today
8 AM looks best — 60°F · 0 mph wind · patchy fog. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).
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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 326° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 332° · headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 1° · headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 13° · headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 275° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 241° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 330° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 9° · headwind 0.5 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 5.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 253 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
36.7999, -81.7846- OSM
- relation 18507240
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.