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Chester Valley Trail
The Chester Valley Trail (CVT) is a 19-mile (31 km) rail trail which runs largely through the Great Valley of Pennsylvania in Chester and Montgomery counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. The west end is in Exton, while the east end is in Norristown. Phase 1 of the trail was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Phase 2 of the trail's construction was completed in March 2023, adding 7.6 miles (12.2 km).
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
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 temp78°FClear
- Wind12 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity55%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:39 AM
- Sunset7:19 PM150 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 79°F · 5 mph NW wind · sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Sunny
Mostly Clear
Wind on this route
12 mph crosswind — expect a 12 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 12 mph from the N (350°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 63° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 66° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 72° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 92° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 74° · crosswind 1.5 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 70° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 72° · crosswind 1.7 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 74° · crosswind 1.6 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 18.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 66 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route CVT
- Start
40.0219, -75.6376- OSM
- relation 1132092
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.