PA · separated · gravel
McDade Recreational Trail
29.1-mile gravel route with 220 ft of elevation gain, signed as part of the regional cycle network, route reference “MRT”, separated from motor traffic.
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Today's verdict
Workable day to get the road bike out.
61 /100
good
61 Road
73 E-bike
Best for e-bike riding 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 temp77°FSunny
- Wind5 mphNW
- Rain0%Next 24h: 0.00"
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrygravel surface
- Sunrise6:35 AM
- Sunset7:16 PM147 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 76°F · 5 mph NW wind · sunny. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
76°
Sunny
5 mph NW
61
73°
Mostly Clear
3 mph NW
61
Wind on this route
Calm — wind is a non-factor today.
Currently 5 mph from the NW (315°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 229° · crosswind 2.5 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 206° · crosswind 2.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 201° · quartering tailwind 2.3 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 192° · quartering tailwind 1.8 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 210° · crosswind 2.0 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 209° · crosswind 2.0 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 231° · crosswind 2.5 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 232° · crosswind 2.3 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
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77°F air Within comfort range, outside ideal
-3 +
Pavement: dry Clean dry pavement — maximum grip.
+4 About this route
- Distance
- 29.1 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 220 ft
- Surface
- gravel
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- RCN · route MRT
- Start
41.3100, -74.7975- OSM
- relation 9399255
Description sourced from OpenStreetMap relation tags and member-way geometry.