Five Star Trail

6.1 mi Out-and-back 49 ft gain

The Five Star Trail runs nearly 8 miles through Westmoreland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The trail is alongside an active railroad track, Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad, that stretches between Lynch Field, a Greensburg city park and Youngwood. The trail then spurs off eastward to connect with the campus of Westmoreland County Community College and continues on to Armbrust.

Workable day to get the road bike out.

58 /100
good
58 Road
51 E-bike

Best for road cycling today

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.

  • Air temp
    43°F
    Clear
  • Wind
    — mph
    N
  • Rain
    2%
    Next 24h: 0.00"
  • Air quality
    AQI 76
    PM2.5 · Moderate
  • Humidity
    100%
  • Pavement
    dry
    mixed surface
  • Sunrise
    7:41 AM
  • Sunset
    6:21 PM
    626 min remaining

10 AM looks best — 52°F · 0 mph wind · sunny. 11 AM is a close second (71/100).

8 AM
44°

Patchy Fog

0 mph
58
9 AM
46°

Patchy Fog

0 mph
58
10 AM Best
52°

Sunny

0 mph
71
11 AM
58°

Mostly Sunny

0 mph
71
12 PM
62°

Partly Sunny

0 mph
71
1 PM
65°

Partly Sunny

1 mph N
71
2 PM
67°

Partly Sunny

1 mph N
71
3 PM
68°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
4 PM
69°

Partly Sunny

2 mph NE
71
5 PM
68°

Mostly Sunny

2 mph NE
71

Calm — wind is a non-factor today.

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

  1. Leg 1 Bearing 196° · tailwind 0.4 mi
  2. Leg 2 Bearing 207° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  3. Leg 3 Bearing 193° · tailwind 0.5 mi
  4. Leg 4 Bearing 206° · tailwind 0.6 mi
  5. Leg 5 Bearing 207° · tailwind 0.6 mi
  6. Leg 6 Bearing 216° · quartering tailwind 0.5 mi
  7. Leg 7 Bearing 219° · quartering tailwind 0.6 mi
  8. Leg 8 Bearing 202° · tailwind 0.5 mi
900'950'1000'1050'1100' 0 mi1 mi2 mi3 mi4 mi5 mi6 mi
184 ft gain 247 ft loss Max 1056' Min 938' 5.9 mi sampled
·
43°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3
+
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4
·
AQI 76 Moderate air — fine for shorter commutes, cut intervals short.
-3
Distance
6.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
Elevation gain
49 ft
Surface
mixed
Shape
Out-and-back
Traffic exposure
separated
Activities
road cycling · e bike
Cycle network
RCN · route FST
Start
40.3085, -79.5348
OSM
relation 5350305

Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.

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