50 (Pennsylvania)

112 mi Out-and-back 564 ft gain

U.S. Bicycle Route 50 (USBR 50) is a planned east–west cross country U.S. Bicycle Route that currently consists of two discontiguous sections: a western section between San Francisco and Border, Utah, and an eastern section between Terre Haute, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 70°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
74 /100
great
74 Road
73 E-bike

Best for road cycling 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
    70°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    78%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    5:47 AM
  • Sunset
    8:44 PM
    756 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 67°F · 7 mph NW wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (74/100).

9 AM Best
67°

Sunny

7 mph NW
74
10 AM
71°

Sunny

7 mph NW
74
11 AM
73°

Sunny

8 mph NW
61
12 PM
74°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
1 PM
76°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
2 PM
77°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
3 PM
78°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
4 PM
79°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
5 PM
77°

Sunny

6 mph W
61
6 PM
77°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
61
7 PM
77°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
61
8 PM
73°

Mostly Clear

3 mph W
61

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 328° · quartering headwind 3.8 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 319° · quartering headwind 4.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 304° · quartering headwind 4.1 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 306° · quartering headwind 3.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 300° · quartering headwind 4.2 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 220° · quartering tailwind 4.1 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 227° · quartering tailwind 3.9 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 235° · quartering tailwind 3.4 mi
700'1250'1800'2350' 0 mi11 mi22 mi33 mi44 mi55 mi66 mi77 mi84 mi
9846 ft gain 11270 ft loss Max 2766' Min 735' 84 mi sampled
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70°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
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Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
112 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
564 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
NCN · route 50
Start
39.7228, -78.9030
City hub
Cumberland, MD
OSM
relation 3463785

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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