Altoona, PA · mostly separated · gravel
Bells Gap Trail
5-mile gravel route with 1050 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BGT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
- 17 mph wind — noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
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 temp72°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind17 mphW
- Rain3%Next 24h: 0.01"
- Humidity78%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:18 AM
- Sunset8:20 PM924 min remaining
Best time today
5 AM looks best — 68°F · 3 mph W wind · partly cloudy. 6 AM is a close second (74/100).
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Wind on this route
17 mph headwind outbound — expect a 17 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 17 mph from the WNW (300°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 308° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 311° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 333° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 341° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 311° · headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 348° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 36° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 240° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 5 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 1050 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN · route BGT
- Start
40.6148, -78.3644- City hub
- Altoona, PA
- OSM
- relation 162557
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.