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.
Live · updated
Today's verdict
Great day to get the road bike out.
- 72°F air — right in road cycling's sweet spot
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 temp72°FClear
- Wind— mphW
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.00"
- Humidity94%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:27 AM
- Sunset8:16 PM921 min remaining
Best time today
5 AM looks best — 72°F · 2 mph SW wind · partly cloudy. 6 AM is a close second (74/100).
Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Partly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
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
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.