Blackwater Canyon Trail

12 mi Out-and-back 1385 ft gain

12-mile mixed route with 1385 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “BCT”, mostly separated from motor traffic.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

64 /100
good
64 Road
57 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
    39°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    N
  • Rain
    1%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 15
    O3 · Good
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:40 AM
  • Sunset
    6:24 PM
    628 min remaining

10 AM looks best — 54°F · 0 mph wind · sunny. 11 AM is a close second (77/100).

8 AM
44°

Sunny

0 mph
64
9 AM
46°

Sunny

0 mph
64
10 AM Best
54°

Sunny

0 mph
77
11 AM
60°

Sunny

0 mph
77
12 PM
65°

Sunny

0 mph
77
1 PM
69°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
77
2 PM
71°

Sunny

0 mph
77
3 PM
72°

Sunny

1 mph N
77
4 PM
72°

Mostly Sunny

1 mph N
77
5 PM
71°

Sunny

1 mph N
77

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 54° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 78° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 82° · crosswind 1.0 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 75° · crosswind 0.9 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 67° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 46° · quartering headwind 1.0 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 27° · headwind 1.0 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 23° · headwind 0.9 mi
1700'2050'2400'2750'3100' 0 mi2 mi4 mi6 mi8 mi10 mi11 mi
2182 ft gain 916 ft loss Max 3133' Min 1706' 10.9 mi sampled
·
39°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
+
AQI 15 Clean air
+3
Distance
12 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
1385 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
mostly separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN · route BCT
Start
39.0748, -79.6309
OSM
relation 5601058

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

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