State College, PA · mostly separated · mixed

Spring Creek Canyon Trail

3.2 mi Out-and-back 108 ft gain

3.2-mile mixed route with 108 ft of elevation gain, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Live · updated Sep 9, 7:07 AM ET

Today's verdict

Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.

Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
61°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

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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 temp

61°F

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind

— mph

SW
Rain

20%

Next 24h: 0.11"
Humidity

100%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:45 AM
Sunset

7:31 PM

745 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 63°F · 2 mph S wind · mostly cloudy. 9 AM is a close second (38/100).

8 AM Best

63°

Mostly Cloudy

2 mph S

9 AM

68°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

2 mph SW

10 AM

72°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

3 mph SW

11 AM

75°

Partly Sunny

5 mph SW

12 PM

78°

Partly Sunny

6 mph SW

1 PM

81°

Partly Sunny

8 mph SW

2 PM

84°

Partly Sunny

9 mph SW

3 PM

84°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

9 mph SW

4 PM

84°

Slight Chance Rain Showers

9 mph SW

5 PM

85°

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

9 mph SW

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6 PM

83°

Mostly Cloudy

8 mph SW

7 PM

82°

Mostly Cloudy

8 mph SW

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 64° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 13° · headwind 0.3 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 101° · crosswind 0.3 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 35° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 48° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 294° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 333° · headwind 0.2 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 59° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi

Elevation profile

347 ft gain 452 ft loss Max 1060' Min 846' 2.5 mi sampled

Score breakdown

61°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

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Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.

-45

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Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.

-32

About this route

Distance: 3.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 108 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: mostly separated
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Start: 40.8607, -77.8091
City hub: State College, PA
OSM: relation 19012224

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