VA · on road · mixed
Tobacco Heritage Trail
35.6-mile mixed route with 335 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, routed on public roads.
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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.
- Exposed + wet pavement — on road traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.
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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 temp76°FChance Showers And Thunderstorms
- Wind12 mphNE
- Rain82%Next 24h: 0.48"
- Humidity85%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:01 AM
- Sunset8:31 PM563 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
12 mph crosswind — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the N (360°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 263° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 279° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 275° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 266° · crosswind 2.0 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 297° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 305° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 285° · crosswind 2.1 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 309° · quartering headwind 2.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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76°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
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Exposed + wet pavement on road traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. Take the lane.
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12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2 −
Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45 −
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32 About this route
- Distance
- 35.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 335 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- on road
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN
- Start
36.8304, -77.6571- OSM
- relation 2261587 , relation 2261588
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.