Blue Ridge Railway Trail

6.8 mi Out-and-back 233 ft gain

The Blue Ridge Railway Trail is a rail trail in Virginia.

Thunderstorms in the forecast — lightning and cyclists are a bad combination.

  • Thunderstorms — lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
  • Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
  • 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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Best for road cycling today

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  • Air temp
    72°F
    Mostly Cloudy
  • Wind
    — mph
    SW
  • Rain
    33%
    Next 24h: 0.08"
  • Humidity
    78%
  • Pavement
    wet
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    6:28 AM
  • Sunset
    8:14 PM
    1292 min remaining

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 308° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 343° · headwind 0.6 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 322° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 348° · headwind 0.5 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 288° · crosswind 0.6 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 337° · headwind 0.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 350° · headwind 0.5 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 304° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
500'550'600'650'700' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi6 mi
396 ft gain 314 ft loss Max 659' Min 538' 6.1 mi sampled
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72°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot
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Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
-45
Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
-32
Distance
6.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
233 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
LCN
Start
37.6512, -78.9515
OSM
relation 9735825

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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