50 (West Virginia)

6.5 mi Out-and-back 276 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.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

58 /100
good
58 Road
70 E-bike

Best for e-bike riding 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
    45°F
    Fog/Mist
  • Wind
    — mph
    NE
  • Rain
    2%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 65
    PM2.5 · Moderate
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:45 AM
  • Sunset
    6:25 PM
    629 min remaining

10 AM looks best — 51°F · 2 mph E wind · patchy fog. 11 AM is a close second (71/100).

8 AM
46°

Patchy Fog

1 mph NE
58
9 AM
47°

Patchy Fog

1 mph NE
58
10 AM Best
51°

Patchy Fog

2 mph E
71
11 AM
56°

Partly Sunny

2 mph E
71
12 PM
61°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
1 PM
64°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
2 PM
66°

Partly Sunny

1 mph NE
71
3 PM
67°

Mostly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
4 PM
68°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
5 PM
67°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 259° · crosswind 0.5 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 276° · crosswind 0.6 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 293° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 313° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 317° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 335° · headwind 0.6 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 7° · headwind 0.2 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 335° · headwind 0.5 mi
650'750'850'950' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi6 mi
356 ft gain 520 ft loss Max 906' Min 669' 5.6 mi sampled
·
45°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
·
AQI 65 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3
Distance
6.5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
276 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
NCN · route 50
Start
40.3678, -80.5181
OSM
relation 3463786

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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