Lynchburg, VA · separated · mixed
James River Heritage Trail
3.1-mile mixed route with 144 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the local cycle network, 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.
- Pavement: wet — wet during the likely ride window — reduced braking, road spray, limited visibility to drivers.
- 86°F air — above road cycling's comfort zone (28–85°f). heat acclimation required.
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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 temp86°FMostly Cloudy
- Wind— mphNE
- Rain57%Next 24h: 0.31"
- Humidity59%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementwetmixed surface
- Sunrise6:55 AM
- Sunset7:31 PM162 min remaining
Best time today
Every remaining hour today is flagged hazardous. Save it for tomorrow.
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 headwind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 348° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 352° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 349° · headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 16° · headwind 0.2 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 297° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 286° · crosswind 0.3 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 322° · quartering headwind 0.3 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 265° · crosswind 0.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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86°F air Above road cycling's comfort zone (28–85°F). Heat acclimation required.
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Thunderstorms Lightning and cyclists do not mix — get off the road before they arrive.
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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
- 3.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 144 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- LCN
- Start
37.4051, -79.1572- City hub
- Lynchburg, VA
- OSM
- relation 10364909
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.