PA · mixed · paved
Back Mountain Rail Trail
4.6-mile paved route with 16 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BMT”.
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Today's verdict
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
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 temp66°FClear
- Wind12 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity68%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrypaved surface
- Sunrise5:30 AM
- Sunset8:37 PM750 min remaining
Best time today
9 AM looks best — 67°F · 2 mph NW wind · sunny.
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Mostly Sunny
7 mph NW
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Mostly Clear
3 mph W
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Mostly Clear
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Wind on this route
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.
- Leg 1 Bearing 178° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 163° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 139° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 172° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 162° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 128° · quartering tailwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 152° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 139° · crosswind 0.4 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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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 About this route
- 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.