VA · separated · gravel
Chessie Nature Trail
The Chessie Nature Trail is a rail trail linking Buena Vista, Virginia with Lexington, Virginia along the Maury River. The six-mile (9.7 km) trail follows the roadbed of a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) branch line which extended from Glasgow, Virginia, to Lexington, primarily following the Maury River.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
- 51°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 temp51°FPatchy Fog then Sunny
- Wind17 mphSE
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Air qualityAQI 2O3 · Good
- Humidity56%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise7:37 AM
- Sunset6:25 PM629 min remaining
Best time today
10 AM looks best — 53°F · 0 mph wind · sunny. 11 AM is a close second (77/100).
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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 E (90°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 160° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 188° · crosswind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 106° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 113° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 145° · quartering headwind 0.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 92° · headwind 0.6 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 195° · crosswind 0.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 228° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
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About this route
- Distance
- 6.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 236 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
37.7910, -79.4198- OSM
- relation 9735556
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.