Philadelphia, PA · mixed · mixed

East Coast Greenway (PA)

10.8 mi Out-and-back 85 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 Oct 27, 7:57 AM ET

Today's verdict

Great day to get the road bike out.

51°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot

71 /100

great

71 Road

70 E-bike

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

51°F

Clear
Wind

— mph

NE
Rain

2%

Next 24h: 0.00"
Air quality

AQI 71

PM2.5 · Moderate
Humidity

79%

Surface & daylight

Pavement

dry

mixed surface
Sunrise

7:23 AM
Sunset

6:04 PM

608 min remaining

Best time today

8 AM looks best — 50°F · 5 mph N wind · sunny. 9 AM is a close second (71/100).

8 AM Best

50°

Sunny

5 mph N

9 AM

52°

Sunny

5 mph NE

10 AM

56°

Sunny

5 mph NE

11 AM

59°

Sunny

5 mph NE

12 PM

61°

Sunny

5 mph NE

1 PM

63°

Sunny

5 mph NE

2 PM

64°

Sunny

5 mph NE

3 PM

64°

Sunny

5 mph NE

4 PM

64°

Sunny

5 mph NE

5 PM

63°

Sunny

5 mph NE

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 235° · quartering tailwind 0.9 mi
Leg 2 Bearing 235° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
Leg 3 Bearing 216° · quartering tailwind 0.8 mi
Leg 4 Bearing 211° · quartering tailwind 0.7 mi
Leg 5 Bearing 261° · crosswind 0.7 mi
Leg 6 Bearing 262° · crosswind 0.8 mi
Leg 7 Bearing 244° · quartering tailwind 1.0 mi
Leg 8 Bearing 182° · tailwind 0.8 mi

Elevation profile

103 ft gain 162 ft loss Max 79' Min -7' 8.7 mi sampled

Score breakdown

51°F air Right in road cycling's sweet spot

+10

Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.

AQI 71 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.

-3

About this route

Distance: 10.8 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain: 85 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: 40.0493, -74.9987
City hub: Philadelphia, PA
OSM: relation 13429405

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.