Virginia Creeper Trail

18.7 mi Out-and-back 1621 ft gain

The Virginia Creeper Trail is a 35-mile (56 km) multi-purpose rail trail. Located in southwestern Virginia, the trail runs from Abingdon to Whitetop, Virginia, near Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and the North Carolina state line.

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

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.

  • Air temp
    63°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    SW
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    94%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:04 AM
  • Sunset
    7:44 PM
    758 min remaining

8 AM looks best — 63°F · 0 mph wind · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (74/100).

8 AM Best
63°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
74
9 AM
67°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
74
10 AM
73°

Sunny

0 mph
61
11 AM
77°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph W
61
12 PM
79°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph W
61
1 PM
80°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph W
61
2 PM
82°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
3 PM
83°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
4 PM
83°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
5 PM
84°

Sunny

5 mph W
56
6 PM
82°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
56
7 PM
80°

Mostly Clear

5 mph SW
61

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 115° · quartering tailwind 1.6 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 48° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 72° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 136° · quartering tailwind 1.3 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 48° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 51° · quartering headwind 1.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 138° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 153° · tailwind 1.3 mi
1900'2350'2800'3250'3700' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi12 mi13 mi
2723 ft gain 1152 ft loss Max 3661' Min 1923' 13 mi sampled
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63°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
18.7 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
1621 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN
Start
36.6356, -81.7922
OSM
relation 1715009

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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