Wilmington, DE · mixed · mixed

East Coast Greenway (DE)

7.6 mi Out-and-back 318 ft gain

The East Coast Greenway is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) pedestrian and bicycle route between Maine and Florida along the East Coast of the United States. The nonprofit East Coast Greenway Alliance was created in 1991 with the goal to use the entire route with off-road, shared-use paths; as of 2021, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) of the route (35%) meets these criteria. In 2020, the Greenway received over 50 million visits.

Live · updated Aug 9, 6:50 AM ET

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.
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
Exposed + wet pavement — mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. take the lane.

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Best for road cycling 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 temp

72°F

Clear
Wind

— mph

W
Rain

15%

Next 24h: 0.00"
Humidity

100%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

wet

mixed surface
Sunrise

6:08 AM
Sunset

8:06 PM

797 min remaining

Best time today

7 AM looks best — 76°F · 5 mph W wind · mostly cloudy. 8 AM is a close second (19/100).

7 AM Best

76°

Mostly Cloudy

5 mph W

8 AM

77°

Partly Sunny

5 mph W

9 AM

80°

Partly Sunny

5 mph W

10 AM

82°

Sunny

5 mph W

11 AM

84°

Sunny

5 mph W

12 PM

86°

Sunny

5 mph W

1 PM

88°

Sunny

10 mph W

2 PM

90°

Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

10 mph W

—

3 PM

91°

Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

10 mph W

—

4 PM

91°

Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

10 mph W

—

5 PM

90°

Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

10 mph W

—

6 PM

89°

Clear

5 mph W

7 PM

88°

Clear

5 mph W

Wind on this route

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

Leg 1 Bearing 291° · quartering headwind 0.6 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 272° · crosswind 0.6 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 252° · crosswind 0.6 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 255° · crosswind 0.5 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 296° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 283° · crosswind 0.5 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 243° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 248° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi

Elevation profile

339 ft gain 322 ft loss Max 289' Min 16' 5.7 mi sampled

Score breakdown

72°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

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Exposed + wet pavement mixed traffic with wet pavement — drivers have less reaction margin. Take the lane.

-6

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Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.

-45

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Pavement: wet Wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.

-32

About this route

Distance: 7.6 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 318 ft
Surface: mixed
Shape: Out-and-back
Traffic exposure: mixed
Activities: road cycling · e bike
Cycle network: NCN · route ECG
Operator: East Coast Greenway Alliance
Start: 39.7749, -75.4816
City hub: Wilmington, DE
OSM: relation 1780661

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.