VA · mixed · gravel
Willis River Trail
1.8-mile gravel route with 171 ft of elevation gain.
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Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 51°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
78 /100
great
78 Road
78 E-bike
Best for road cycling 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 temp51°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind12 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 6O3 · Good
- Humidity100%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:44 AM
- Sunset5:09 PM813 min remaining
Best time today
4 AM looks best — 49°F · 5 mph N wind · partly cloudy. 5 AM is a close second (77/100).
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Wind on this route
12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the NNW (330°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering tailwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 135° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 164° · tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 108° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 112° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 107° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 119° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 93° · quartering tailwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 131° · tailwind 0.1 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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51°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10 −
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2 +
Quartering tailwind 12 mph tailwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
+3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 +
AQI 6 Clean air
+3 About this route
- Distance
- 1.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 171 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mixed
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Start
37.5159, -78.3015- OSM
- relation 16667393
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.