Philadelphia, PA · separated · paved
Delaware River Trail
1.8-mile paved route with 66 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, route reference “DRT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
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.
- 50 mph wind — gusty and hazardous on exposed bridges and overpasses.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 88°F air — above road cycling's comfort zone (28–85°f). heat acclimation required.
Best for bike commuting 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 temp88°FPartly Cloudy
- Wind50 mphNW
- Rain44%Next 24h: 0.47"
- Humidity55%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetpaved surface
- Sunrise6:08 AM
- Sunset8:03 PM377 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
Wind on this route
50 mph headwind outbound — expect a 50 mph headwind on the return.
Currently 50 mph from the SW (230°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a quartering headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 196° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 201° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 194° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 193° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 190° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 190° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 188° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 184° · quartering headwind 0.2 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 1.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 66 ft
- Surface
- paved
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike · commuting · bike share-touring
- Cycle network
- LCN · route DRT
- Start
39.9601, -75.1370- City hub
- Philadelphia, PA
- OSM
- relation 9646118
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.