WV · mostly separated · mixed
White Oak Rail Trail
2.6-mile mixed route with 138 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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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.
- NWS alert active — check the alert before rolling out.
- 70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
Best for road cycling today
Flood Watch issued July 12 at 11:06AM EDT until July 12 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
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 temp70°FCloudy
- Wind17 mphSE
- Rain80%Next 24h: 0.11"
- Humidity88%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:11 AM
- Sunset8:48 PM580 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
17 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the SE (130°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 65° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 70° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 59° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 350° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 315° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 305° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 301° · tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 330° · tailwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 2.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 138 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
37.9755, -81.1569- OSM
- relation 9711131
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.