PA · separated · gravel
Swatara Rail Trail
10.2-mile gravel route with 180 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “SRT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 53°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 15 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp53°FCloudy
- Wind15 mphW
- Rain7%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 32PM2.5 · Good
- Humidity60%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:42 AM
- Sunset4:56 PM800 min remaining
Best time today
1 PM looks best — 56°F · 12 mph W wind · sunny. 2 PM is a close second (78/100).
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Wind on this route
15 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 15 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 15 mph from the W (270°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 6° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 324° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 305° · quartering headwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 15° · crosswind 0.7 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 18° · crosswind 0.8 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 82° · tailwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 49° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 42° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
Elevation profile
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About this route
- Distance
- 10.2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 180 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route SRT
- Start
40.4517, -76.5116- OSM
- relation 6857786
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.