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 Nov 7, 3:37 AM ET

Today's verdict

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

37 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
50°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

37 /100

37 Road

51 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

50°F

Cloudy
Wind

37 mph

NW
Rain

1%

Next 24h: 0.00"
Air quality

AQI 20

PM2.5 · Good
Humidity

58%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

dry

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:42 AM
Sunset

4:58 PM

802 min remaining

Best time today

9 AM looks best — 49°F · 14 mph NW wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (71/100).

4 AM

47°

Mostly Cloudy

15 mph NW

5 AM

46°

Mostly Cloudy

14 mph NW

6 AM

45°

Mostly Sunny

13 mph NW

7 AM

44°

Sunny

13 mph NW

8 AM

45°

Sunny

13 mph NW

9 AM Best

49°

Sunny

14 mph NW

10 AM

51°

Sunny

14 mph NW

11 AM

53°

Mostly Sunny

14 mph NW

12 PM

55°

Mostly Sunny

15 mph NW

1 PM

56°

Mostly Sunny

15 mph NW

2 PM

56°

Partly Sunny

16 mph W

3 PM

56°

Partly Sunny

16 mph W

4 PM

54°

Partly Sunny

17 mph W

Wind on this route

37 mph headwind outbound — expect a 37 mph quartering headwind on the return.

Currently 37 mph from the WNW (290°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

Leg 1 Bearing 358° · quartering 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° · quartering headwind 2.3 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 19° · crosswind 1.9 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 8° · crosswind 1.8 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 2° · crosswind 2.0 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 17° · crosswind 2.1 mi

Elevation profile

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

Score breakdown

50°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

−

37 mph wind Gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.

-36

−

Quartering headwind 37 mph headwind outbound — expect a 37 mph quartering headwind on the return.

-4

Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.

AQI 20 Clean air

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.