West Penn Trail

14.1 mi Out-and-back 213 ft gain

The West Penn Trail is a 17-mile long rail trail in western Pennsylvania. It runs on old rail alignments of the Conemaugh Line near the Conemaugh River.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 21 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
61 /100
good
61 Road
76 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding 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
    79°F
    Mostly Clear
  • Wind
    21 mph
    E
  • Rain
    6%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    70%
  • Pavement
    dry
    gravel surface
  • Sunrise
    5:57 AM
  • Sunset
    8:48 PM
    580 min remaining

4 PM looks best — 86°F · 6 mph E wind · sunny. 12 PM is a close second (61/100).

12 PM
82°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph E
61
1 PM
84°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph E
61
2 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph E
61
3 PM
85°

Mostly Sunny

5 mph E
61
4 PM Best
86°

Sunny

6 mph E
62
5 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph E
61
6 PM
84°

Mostly Clear

6 mph E
61
7 PM
83°

Mostly Clear

5 mph E
61
8 PM
78°

Mostly Clear

3 mph E
61

21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 21 mph from the E (90°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a tailwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 287° · tailwind 1.3 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 290° · tailwind 1.3 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 276° · tailwind 1.3 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 282° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 341° · crosswind 0.6 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 292° · tailwind 1.0 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 268° · tailwind 0.9 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 275° · tailwind 0.9 mi
800'900'1000'1100'1200' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi11 mi
717 ft gain 865 ft loss Max 1152' Min 846' 10.6 mi sampled
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79°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
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21 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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Tailwind on this route 21 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 21 mph headwind on the return.
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
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Distance
14.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
213 ft
Surface
gravel
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mostly separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route WPT
Start
40.4473, -79.2870
OSM
relation 5413871

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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