Big Woods Trail

2 mi Out-and-back 335 ft gain

2-mile gravel route with 335 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BWT”, separated from motor traffic.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

  • 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
68 /100
good
68 Road
68 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
    72°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    12 mph
    NW
  • Rain
    0%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Humidity
    60%
  • Pavement
    dry
    gravel surface
  • Sunrise
    5:32 AM
  • Sunset
    8:33 PM
    745 min remaining

9 AM looks best — 74°F · 0 mph wind · sunny. 10 AM is a close second (61/100).

9 AM Best
74°

Sunny

0 mph
61
10 AM
77°

Sunny

0 mph
61
11 AM
79°

Sunny

5 mph NW
61
12 PM
83°

Sunny

5 mph NW
61
1 PM
84°

Sunny

5 mph NW
61
2 PM
85°

Sunny

5 mph NW
61
3 PM
87°

Sunny

5 mph W
60
4 PM
87°

Sunny

5 mph W
60
5 PM
87°

Sunny

5 mph W
60
6 PM
87°

Mostly Clear

5 mph W
60
7 PM
85°

Mostly Clear

0 mph
61
8 PM
81°

Mostly Clear

0 mph
61

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

Currently 12 mph from the W (280°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 212° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 242° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 270° · headwind 0.1 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 154° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 161° · quartering tailwind 0.1 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 272° · headwind 0.2 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 243° · quartering headwind 0.1 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 187° · crosswind 0.1 mi
150'250'350'450'550' 0 mi1 mi2 mi
387 ft gain 62 ft loss Max 512' Min 187' 1.5 mi sampled
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72°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
+10
12 mph wind Noticeable — pacing will shift with the wind.
-2
Quartering headwind 12 mph headwind outbound — expect a 12 mph headwind on the return.
-4
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
Distance
2 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
335 ft
Surface
gravel
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN · route BWT
Start
40.2559, -75.7754
City hub
Reading, PA
OSM
relation 9356982

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

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