York, PA · separated · mixed

York County Heritage Rail Trail

27.4 mi Out-and-back 30 ft gain

Heritage Rail Trail County Park is a National Recreation Trail rail-with-trail in Pennsylvania built in 1999 by the York County Rail Trail Authority (YCRTA). It connects with the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail in Maryland. The trail runs along the active Northern Central Railway line and forms the southernmost part of Route J in the BicyclePA route system.

Live · updated Sep 9, 7:07 AM ET

Today's verdict

Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.

Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
59°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

38 /100

38 Road

42 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding 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 temp

59°F

Mostly Sunny
Wind

— mph

SW
Rain

2%

Next 24h: 0.01"
Humidity

96%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:42 AM
Sunset

7:26 PM

740 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 65°F · 6 mph S wind · mostly sunny. 9 AM is a close second (38/100).

8 AM Best

65°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph S

9 AM

69°

Mostly Sunny

6 mph SW

10 AM

74°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph SW

11 AM

77°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW

12 PM

79°

Mostly Sunny

8 mph SW

1 PM

82°

Mostly Sunny

9 mph SW

2 PM

83°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

3 PM

83°

Sunny

10 mph SW

4 PM

85°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

5 PM

83°

Mostly Sunny

10 mph SW

6 PM

83°

Partly Cloudy

10 mph S

Wind on this route

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

Leg 1 Bearing 358° · headwind 2.3 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 324° · quartering headwind 2.2 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 325° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 333° · headwind 2.3 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 19° · headwind 1.9 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 8° · headwind 1.8 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 2° · headwind 2.0 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 17° · headwind 2.1 mi

Elevation profile

1243 ft gain 1692 ft loss Max 899' Min 351' 22.5 mi sampled

Score breakdown

59°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

−

Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.

-32

About this route

Distance: 27.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 30 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: separated
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: RCN · route YCH
Operator: York County
Start: 39.7210, -76.6979
City hub: York, PA
OSM: relation 9214874

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.