Back Mountain Rail Trail

4.6 mi Out-and-back 16 ft gain

4.6-mile paved route with 16 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BMT”.

Great day to get the road bike out.

  • 66°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
72 /100
great
71 Bike commuting
72 Road
72 E-bike
73 Bike-share

Best for bike-share touring 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
    66°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    68%
  • Pavement
    dry
    paved surface
  • Sunrise
    5:30 AM
  • Sunset
    8:37 PM
    750 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 67°F · 2 mph NW wind · sunny.

9 AM Best
67°

Sunny

2 mph NW
74
10 AM
73°

Sunny

3 mph NW
61
11 AM
76°

Sunny

6 mph NW
61
12 PM
79°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
1 PM
81°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
2 PM
83°

Sunny

8 mph NW
61
3 PM
84°

Sunny

7 mph NW
61
4 PM
84°

Mostly Sunny

7 mph NW
61
5 PM
85°

Sunny

6 mph NW
61
6 PM
83°

Mostly Clear

3 mph W
61
7 PM
82°

Mostly Clear

2 mph W
61
8 PM
79°

Mostly Clear

2 mph W
61

12 mph crosswind — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.

Currently 12 mph from the WSW (240°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 178° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 163° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 139° · crosswind 0.3 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 172° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 162° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 128° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 152° · crosswind 0.4 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 139° · crosswind 0.4 mi
600'750'900'1050' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi
350 ft gain 757 ft loss Max 1056' Min 633' 4.1 mi sampled
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66°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
4.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
16 ft
Surface
paved
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mixed
Activities
road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
Cycle network
LCN · route BMT
Start
41.3299, -75.9420
OSM
relation 6203488

Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.

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